Kenwood

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Vines went into this ranch in 1879 and it now runs to 1,850 acres with caves under it. Twenty-five dollars gets you the cave and a tasting; a hundred gets you driven to a deck at 1,400 feet.

Listed · Kenwood

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One of the few Sonoma Valley estates that still takes walk-ins, and three wines at the bar is $30. The chateau is 1920s and the single-vineyard programme dates to 1973.

Listed · Kenwood

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Damaris Deere Ford started this in 1974 and hired Helen Turley in 1993 to rebuild the Chardonnay. There are bocce courts, and the tasting is $60 an adult and $15 for children over seven.

Listed · Kenwood

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Steve Law drove south of Lyon out of a Paris tech job, tasted Saint-Joseph and Cote-Rotie, and decided to make cool-climate Syrah in a county that plants Pinot Noir.