Northern California - Napa & Sonoma Wine Country (PDF Chapter)

This is the Napa & Sonoma Wine Country chapter from Lonely Planet’s Northern Cali-fornia guidebook.

America’s premier viticulture region has earned its reputation among the world’s best. Despite hype about Wine Country style, all Wine Country lore springs from the land. Plan to get lost in back roads, rolling hills and lush redwood forests.

• taste California’s biggest and boldest red wines and fall under their intoxicating spell in the Napa Valley, then grab snacks downtown at Napa’s Oxbow Public Market
• maps
• feast in Northern California’s greatest food town, Healdsburg. Then, wallet permitting, hit up exciting new restaurant, SingleThread
• transport
• submerge yourself in a volcanic-ash mud bath at a fabulous Calistoga hot-springs resort, then sleep in a yurt in Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Napa Valley, Napa Valley Wineries, Napa, Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford, St Helena, Calistoga & Around, Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Valley Wineries, Sonoma & Around, Glen Ellen & Kenwood, Russian River Area, Russian River Wineries, Se-bastopol, Occidental & Around, Guerneville & Around, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg & Around.