Friday, March 2, 2007

Bella Vineyards - Healdsburg, CA



This winery was very unique. They created wine caves within the landscape and you can do your wine tastings there as well as tour the wine storage rooms, and purchase beautiful silver house ornaments. This was my 2nd stop on my visit in Sonoma county and I was already a little tipsy, so the wine tasted much better than it probably was.

Bella gave out free breadsticks that you could nibble on while sipping on some wine. The lighting within the cave was glowful and calm. I would definitely recommend coming here just to see the original architecture of these caves.

They also had a dog who would come into the cave and play stick with you. She would place the stick at your feet and wait for you to throw it out into the fields so she could fetch and return it back to you. The staff were friendly and the flights were only $5 for 5 different tastings. What a bargain!!

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