What's that saying about doing what you love and the rest will follow? I don't know if they mean success or wealth will follow. But, that headstrong, renegade, roll up your sleeves, no bullshit attitude is what drives Woodenhead Wine. The namesake is a nickname for...
Healdsburg
Mateo’s Cocina Latina
They will tell you it's impossible to introduce an old town to a new cuisine. They will tell you to always praise the lard. They may even say Yucatan doesn't fit in wine country. But they may drink those words. Mateo's Cocina Latina opened a few years ago while locals...
West Wines
Some of the most straightforward wines are coming out of a pretty new producer on Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg. West Wines stands out in a corridor of Syrah and Zinfandel producers with their elegant European styled Bordeaux varietals. A stainless steel Sauvignon...
Mueller Winery
Step around the corner from that overpriced shoe store or sweets shop in the Healdsburg Plaza and experience some well-rounded and beautifully crafted Burgundy style wines. Mueller Winery produces a handful of Chardonnay and Pinot Noirs as well as a wonderful...
Stark Wine
You may be inspired to walk into the Stark Wine tasting room just to get a better look at the space. It looks like a designer studio with a beautifully decorated sidewalk patio. Some walk in thinking it is an art store in hopes that they can purchase the antique...
Sanglier
Not only have Rhone blends arrived in downtown Healdsburg but a small family is running it, making it one you may not want to miss. A half block from the Plaza, Sanglier pours a dry rose that has the crisp refreshing strawberry flavors wrapped around melon with a...
Partake by K-J – Uniquely Delicious for 38 Bucks!
We all know wines are better when paired with the right dish. The blends of sweet, salty, spicy, or sour flavors can play in your mouth in combination with the tart sweet or luscious body of the wine. But few demonstrate this as deliciously convincingly as Partake.
C. Donatiello
New winery tasting rooms are opening in Healdsburg's downtown plaza faster that Google maps can keep up with them. Currently, Google maps says there is a sparkling wine tasting room at the north east corner of the plaza. Yet, this is now the site of a Chardonnay and...
New Healdsburg Eats
You cannot leave a wine town in its prime for very long and expect it to remain as you remembered. Well, you can. But don't be surprised at all the changes. Growth spurts abound during emerging growth years and just like a niece or nephew could look like a completely...
Zin Party
Another great meeting with Kathleen Kelley Young today! She made my mouth water with tales of her recent zin party. Tell me if this makes you wish you were there: Braised beef short ribs (in zin reduction of course) Polenta with butternut squash, fontina, and asiago...