Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Best Newlywed Vacations: Healdsburg Wineries

By Philip Vonwrede


With tons of things that one can do in Healdsburg Wineries, it is definitely one exceptional place for one to visit. This great wine region features a lot of boutiques, diverse cuisine and most notably, tasting rooms. The tasting rooms are more than sufficient for almost everyone that they won't have to drive far just to fill their day. Here are some of the best wineries in Healdsburg:

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.

Quivira Vineyards & Winery is a great winery. Headed by Huge Chappelle, Quivira Vineyards & Winery can be described as unconventional in relation to other wineries in Healdsburg. They pride themselves as being 'wine growers' instead of wine makers. As their philosophy in wine allows them, they are dedicated to use a more natural way of developing wine such as use biodynamic farming. This method sets their wine apart from others because when you taste their wine, you will find a sense of purity and sprightly hint to each and every wine that they offer.

Just for its historical structure and great personnel, Hop Kiln Wineries is surely a favorite in Healdsburg. If that does not entice you enough, it carries a variety of wine blends including the reasonably priced Zin and Big red and a lot more. Furthermore, visitors can also regale on the diverse cuisine and delicacies that one can try especially their excellent fig vinegar, meat slices, bread and cheeses. This will definitely be the highlight of your day, especially if you have a picnic while sipping their wine.

There's not place like, Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards. The philosophy of wine making at Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards includes having the grapes entirely fermented with the native yeasts sourced from their vineyards rather than the cultured yeast strains. Here, extraction of color, tannins and flavor is done without using commercial enzyme which explains the classic tasting of their wines. Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards is best known for using a socially and environmentally responsible wine making approach.

Seghesio Family Vineyards is one of the most popular wine estates in the Healdsburg region. Starting from being a modest wine producer and has consistently developed into a juggernaut that it is now, most specifically in producing Zinfadels in the whole of California. There are five type of Zinfadels that they carry, which are Sonoma County Old Vine, the lone estate at Cortia, San Lorenzo and Home Ranch and its Sonoma County wine bottling.




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