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Foodies and wine lovers will want to
check out Flavor! Napa Valley, an annual
event featuring world class Napa Valley
wines alongside food prepared by the
master chefs and graduates of The Culinary
Institute of America at the Greystone
Campus in Saint Helena.
Prefer something more pastoral? Wind
your way up Highway 128 in Mendocino
County to Anderson Valley for two excep-
tional festivals, the highly regarded
Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Fest in May, and
the Alsace Fest in February, focusing on
Alsace-style white wines.
In Sonoma County, Healdsburg reigns as
the king of the tasting rooms in California.
Healdsburg is also home to one of the most
eclectic wine events of the year—the uber
SANTA BARBARA WINE COUNTRY,
opposite; a Healdsburg red, top left;
Jamie Slone Wines, top right; wine-
tasting bike tour, Napa Valley, left;
Yorkville Cellars Winery, Mendocino
County, above.
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