Not way back leagues of La Crema wine lovers occupied with visiting the precise vineyard needed to accept a storefront store within the city of Healdsburg. Now, the vineyard is making up for misplaced time with among the best, most informative vineyard excursions in Sonoma.
The brand new tasting room and guests heart sits proper in coronary heart of La Crema’s fabled Saralee’s Winery, named for Saralee McClelland Kunde, one of many Sonoma’s most beloved people and a outstanding influencer within the area’s viticulture. A restored barn from the 1900’s serves because the tasting room and occasion heart. It’s a worthy cease for the tasting choices alone; you’ll get to select from a outstanding vary of tasting choices, meals pairings, and lovely views of the lushly landscaped property–all in a historic Sonoma setting.
The Barn at La Crema, courtesy Crystal Lynn Collins
You may start by sitting and sipping any one of many 30+ La Crema wines by the glass (from appellations throughout California and Oregon) together with varietals like chardonnay, viognier, pinot noir and syrah. But, the vary of wines on supply shouldn’t be the true spotlight of a go to right here. Relatively, it’s the hands-on non-public property tour (by way of golf cart) that it is best to make time (and reservations for). It’s as a lot an academic expertise as it’s pure leisure. Anticipate to see vines, the occasional hawk, heron, egret, fox or river otter and a outstanding vary of microclimates all inside a one-hour go to. Your information, (ask for Ben Superb, a La Crema Wine Educator and creator of the tour) additionally packs a cooler with some La Crema Chardonnay for sipping—as a result of one does get thirsty on such outings.
One of many many ponds on the La Crema property, courtesy Crystal Lynn Collins
