Stay Rad

Kara and I had the last week off, so we decided take a trip to Healdsburg and its surrounding wine country.

This is not our first trip up that way, and you’ve seen me write a bunch about this region before (Check it out).

So, this time, I’ve decided to show you what our trip was like with pictures (and a few words).

Enjoy…

Our first stop was Martinelli in the Russian River Valley…

It was okay.

Next stop, Wilson Winery in Dry Creek Valley…

Much better.

Staying in the Dry Creek Valley, we headed up Lytton Springs Road to visit Ridge…

You know I love Ridge.

We also hit up Mazzocco next door to taste a little wine, and to take advantage of their picnic tables…

Good times.

Next, we took a quick trip over to the Alexander Valley to visit Francis Ford Coppola’s Winery…

If only I had brought my electric car…

The wine was okay…

We had a little bit of time before we had to check in to our hotel, so we doubled back to Truett Hurst in Dry Creek Valley…

If you ever get a chance, you should totally hit this winery up.

A beautiful property.

Fantastic wine.

I especially loved their Biodynamic red field blend, Balance.

It came complete with a manure packed cow horn!

After our day of tasting, we checked in to our hotel… The H2Hotel.

This is a beautiful eco-friendly hotel!

With time to kill before dinner, we headed over to the Bear Republic Brewery for a beer…

And SpoonBar for cocktails…

And apps…

Then it was off to dinner at Scopa…

After a great day and night in Healdsburg, we decided to make one more stop before heading home the next morning…

La Crema…

What a great get-away.

Stay Rad, Healdsburg…

Jeff

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