Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Best Romantic Vacations: Healdsburg Wineries

By Philip Vonwrede


The wine region of Healdsburg is one of a kind as a destination for wine lovers and regular tourists alike. Healdsburg Wineries have rows of dining places, shops and most importantly, wine tasting rooms. Even if you just venture wine tasting, it is more than enough of a good time for an individual. Visitors are given a ton of options of what to do there and as a wine region, they certainly showcase their wineries such as the following.

The first winery is J Vineyards & Winery. When it comes to wine production at J Vineyards & Winery, theirs start of with the soil. The expertise of Judy Jordan's in understanding geology and continuous interaction with climate, soil, clone and rootstock keeps J Vineyards & Winery a step ahead among Healdsburg Wineries. The winery prides itself as being the experts in wine making and guarantees continuous improvement to ensure that they offer the best. Melissa Stackhouse is the head wine maker here and has a great understanding of Russian Rover Valley and ensures that the winery produces the best wine and the techniques and methods applied here deliver an awesome combination of elegance, varietal expression and complete balance.

Next, Quivira Vineyards & Winery is my next pick. The attitude of everyone from Quivira Vineyards & Winery is quite different from others. Huge Chappelle is the head wine maker in the estate, although he might grimace if he hears you say that. The winery views their overall process as not making of wine, instead they insist that they grow wine. They are fairly well known for producing one of the finest wine. They apply several different techniques in farming that are biodynamic and in turn, you will taste the pureness and effervescent flavor in their wine varietals.

If you ask the locals which winery is a must-see, they will most probably say Hop Kiln. Their lovely wines are available to be tried with the myriad of food selections and condiments such as the wonderful fig vinegar, assorted meats, pastries and cheese. While munching on their food and sipping their wine, visitors can sit on the gardens for a nice relaxing picnic. Aside from that, Hop Kiln winery has an amazing historical background. The staff are welcoming and knowledgeable and you will forever swear your life to their affordable Zin and Big red.

A personal is Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards. With the use of environmental sound techniques and materials, Ridge Lytton Springs are best described to be one the promoter of organic wine making practices. Instead of using cultured yeast strains, they employ native yeasts that are grown right in their estate and use it to ferment the grapes. Selection of color, tannins and flavor is also done without the help of commercial enzymes and in effect, has developed the classic flavor in all their wines.

Among the notable names in Healdsburg wineries include the Seghesio Family Vineyards that has over the years transformed from being a simple jug wine factory to a specialist in production of Zinfandel in California. The winery is popularly known for its five Zinfandels which are the Sonoma County Old Vine, the single vineyards at Cortia, San Lorenzo and Home Ranch and its normal Sonoma County wine bottling.




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