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Gleaming Golden Dome in Stags Leap: Quixote Winery

Quixote Winery Hundertwasser Design Photo © Alice Joyce

Uniquely set apart by buoyant architecture – created by the ecologically-oriented, Viennese artist Hundertwasser (1928-2000), with an interior richly embellished by art works and furnishings collected by owner Carl Doumani, Quixote is a Napa Valley destination that must be experienced; in a breathtaking landscape backed by the distinctive, rugged outcropping of the Stags Leap palisades.

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Kendall-Jackson Winery Gardens

K-J Blooms of Bressingham Borders (Alice Joyce photo)

Kendall-Jackson winery features perennial borders designed by British horticulturist Adrian Bloom: The son of famed plantsman, Alan Bloom, and the author of numerous gardening books featuring Foggy Bottom, Adrian Bloom’s personal garden in Norfolk. There is also a 2 1/2 acre culinary garden, with herbs and produce are used for the winery’s Wine & Food Pairings; and a Viticultural Demonstration Garden. Wine Tasting can be enjoyed year-round at Kendall -Jackson in Sonoma County, located near Santa Rosa in Northern California Wine Country.

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DeLoach Vineyards .. Organic / Biodynamic

DeLoach Chardonnay Hawk Hill Vineyard (Alice Joyce photo)

DeLoach Vineyards, Sonoma: Organic viticulture is integrated with the biodynamic farming employed not only at DeLoach, but among the Maisons & Domaines of the Boisset Family of wineries, reaching from California to France, Italy to Québec. (In 2009 the DeLoach estate vineyards received biodynamic certification from Demeter.) Organic culinary gardens reflect the quality and commitment of the vineyard to organically-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay cloned grapes: Farming practices that have earned DeLoach CCOF certification.

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