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for the glowing review! "Go ask Alice ... where all the best vineyard gardens are. She's an erudite charmer; you'll have fun!"

California Wine Country

Hess Collection Winery and Art Collection

Hess Collection Winery Walker Designed Landscape Photo © Alice Joyce

A visit to Napa wine country should surely take in the artfully arranged, Modernist landscape at The Hess Collection Winery. A tasting of The Hess Collection Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay will be a high point, to be followed by a stimulating tour of The Hess Art Collection. Among the exciting works is: Surface Tension – a rare work by British artist Andy Goldsworthy, now on permanent display at the Hess Art Museum. Measuring 10 x 16 feet, the sublime installation was assembled by Goldsworthy in 14 hours.

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California Wine Country

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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California Wine Country

The Girl & the Fig .. A Foodie Fave

the girl & the fig - Sonoma CA

Motto of ‘the girl & the fig’ .. “Country Food with a French Passion.” A foodie haven in Northern California Wine Country, right off Sonoma’s main square at 110 W. Spain Street: phone 707.938.3634.

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