Sonoma County, California | Tasting Tour Day 3 (Russian River Valley)

The third day of the Sonoma County wine tasting tour was reserved for Russian River Valley. The Russian River winds through much of northern Sonoma valley, and is the river that creates Alexander Valley as well. But it is a pretty large AVA. The Alexander Valley wineries are right around the river or on the […]
Sonoma County, California | Tasting Tour Day 2 (Alexander Valley)

Sonoma County, California The second day of the trip we went the length of Alexander Valley, and found out later that one of the last wineries was in Chalk Hill. Later in the trip, I realized there is a Anderson Valley in Mendocino County to the north. Alexander versus Anderson for two places that are […]
Sonoma County, California | Tasting Tour Day 1 (Southern Sonoma County)

Sonoma County, California On the spur of the moment I decided to go on a tasting tour of Sonoma County, California. It is the county directly west of Napa Valley. I figured Napa Valley is more crowded and more expensive. And I didn’t know much at all about Sonoma County. My goals were to learn […]