Savor Sonoma Valley
UPDATE: The winners have been contacted! Thanks to everyone who played along and entered the contest. See you in Sonoma!
Enter to win a pair of weekend passes to the 20th Annual Savor Sonoma Valley on Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21, 2010. Two lucky winners will win a pair of weekend passes each to this delightful wine and culinary experience. The value of each pass is $55, a total value of $110 for each wine-loving winner!
To enter, follow the contest guidelines (below the event description).
Event description: “Sonoma Valley Wineries will showcase their vintage wines straight from the barrels, sampling new releases, and offering award-winning wines paired perfectly with culinary creations prepared by local chefs and restaurants. Meet winemakers, mingle with wine lovers behind-the-scenes, peruse art from local artists and listen to live music.
For More Info: www.heartofsonomavalley.com
Contest Guidelines:
- Leave a comment at the bottom of this post naming your current favorite Sonoma Valley wine. (I know you love way more than one, but to be fair, enter only once.) No need to post your real name or contact info. But use you real email address, which will remain private.
- Share your wine stories if you like, but it’s not required — the winners will be selected in a blind drawing and notified by return email on Monday, March 15. (Plenty of time to plan your getaway!)
Cheap Tip: The Heart of Sonoma Valley website not only sells tickets to the event, they list a few hotel and transportation deals for Savor Sonoma Valley Guests so you can enjoy a whole wine-soaked weekend without worry.
UPDATE: The lucky winners have been selected! Thanks to everyone who played along and entered the contest. See you in Sonoma!
Kat Summers
BayAreaOnTheCheap.com
PS. Stay tuned for the April Giveaway. (Hint, Ten tickets to the new California Academy of Sciences exhibit will be up for grabs.)
LLLLLLLLLLLLove me a Ledson Merlot!
For an awesome Chardonnay it’s LA CREMA!
Castle Vineyards
I am a fan of kendall jackson. I don’t have alot of wine experience and this trip would be a great way to learn and share the fun with others!
Kendall Jackson!!
Beer drinker, but the fiance and i are learning everything we can about wine and trying to have a blast doing it as inexpensively as possible. We had a great time at both Gundlach-Bundschu and Chateau St. Jean. She has a born Zinfandel palette, while I enjoy a Pinot.
I love Wineries, what better thing to do on a weekend but to go Wine tasting!
Cakebread…
Blackstone!
we liked Castle Vineyards
Ravenswood!
Would like to try Chateau St. Jean someday.
Too many wineries, so little time!!
1. Paradise Ridge Winery in Kenwood (a bit hidden, but a nice wine tasting room. wanted to try their sparkling wines, but they were all sold out!!)
2. Simi WInery in Healdsburg (love the forest/woods-like setting and try their riesling in a chocolate cup!!)
3. Ledson Winery in Kenwood (beautiful mansion/castle and setting. enjoyed their petite sirah!)
Gundlach Bundschu Cabernet Sauvignon!!!
Blackstone is my favorite definately
BR Cohn Cabernet
Arrowood Cabernet
We love Landmark – especially their Chardonnay!
P.S. Cakebread is in Napa Valley.
Kendall Jackson – Late Harvest Chardonnay
Our family enjoyed a fabulous wine and food pairing at the Kendall Jackson Estates ( a surprise bday I planned for my father).
After the fabulous tasting, we enjoyed a beautiful tour by a very knowledgeable and friendly host. A most wonderful time!
Ridge!
Ravenswood is sooo good
Port at Raymond Burr is BEST I have ever had!! Also, Stryker in Alexander Valley and Gary Ferrell in Dry Creek.
I enjoy Porter Creek, Arista…AND I’ve never been to the Barrel Tasting, so I’d love to go!
chateau st jean chardonnay without a doubt
A couple of my favorite wineries are Gundlach Bundschu and Bartholomew.
Haven’t been to Sonoma wineries, but would love to try cakebread.
Chateau St. Jean! Try their chardonnay!
Have to agree with Castle Wineries.
Benziger is delish! A cooled cab sav on a warm summer eve … yum!
Deerfield Ranch Winery is my new favorite. Last time I was in Sonoma, I had great wines here and space is just so nice.
Ravenswood!
B.R. Cohn because of thei great wines and their great vibe!
Cakebread!
Enjoyed Benzinger but can’t wait to sample more.
I have sadly not been to Sonoma yet in my year of living in the Bay, but I have tried wine from Cakebread Cellers and I love it!!!
Ravenswood will do just fine, thank you.
I mainly drink the bubbly and love korbel but im a fan of kendall jacksons wines. I would say the charonnay for me.
Gary Farrell Wines… great wine, great location!
Blackstone is the my favorite Sonoma Valley wine.
Ledson Winery
Another vote for Eric Ross…so much fun to talk photography and art, while sipping and tasting and laughing at dirty jokes. Cool, without being pretentious.
I’ve never had a wine I didn’t like from The Davis Family in Healdsburg! Friendly, family run business, beautiful wine counter, bocce ball + right on the river! The zins are to die for!
See if you agree with the “Best of the Vintage” from Wine Enthusiast for Eric Ross 08 Marsanne? Barrel samples for Savor Sonoma, Saralee’s Vineyard Pinot and a WOW Tempranillo!
cakebread for me
Layer cake is pretty awesome
Sebastiana!
CAKEBREAD!
DeLoach Forgotten Vine Zinfandel! We are also wine club members at GunBun. This will be our 3rd trip to Sonoma, and we will be celebrating my 30th birthday, hope to see you all there!
Gotta be Cakebread!
Definitely Blackstone!
My most fave is Eric Ross Winery.
Blackstone!
Definitely Blackstone!
Going out to Korbel was a really neat area. Only wish I could have stopped at more of the wineries down River road.
A. Rafanelli’s zinfandel has never left me disappointed. But then again, it’s hard go wrong with a zin from Dry Creek Valley.
Last year at barrel tasting we took some epic pictures in the sunshine with our wine glasses, blooming cherry blossoms and the vineyards lined with mustard. How can that combo go wrong? Hoping for the same this weekend.
Castle Vineyards!
In Sonoma Valley, we love Chateau St. Jean!
Ravenswood!!
cakebread
Castle Vineyards!
I love to visit Ledson because the beautiful setting is always impressive to guests. I especially like the Ledson Pinot Noir.
Castle Vineyards ;P
As a beer drinker, my favorite “whine” is where I ask about going to one of the areas fantastic breweries. (cue high hat.)
all jokes aside, I concur with a previous poster– I’ve been to Gundlach Bundschu and it was excellent.
Cakebread Cellars is a favorite for sure.
Beaulieu Vineyards. My dad went there about 30 years ago and told me to stop by when I moved out here and their Cabernet is just as awesome as he remembered.
So hard to choose! Really enjoyed the tour at Benzinger and the sparklings at Gloria Ferrer.
Cline Cellars! We stumbled upon them quite by accident a couple of years ago and now make it a point to picnic there regularly. They’ve got a killer Mourvedre.
I love Trione. Great wines, beautiful view, and very friendly and attentive people at the winery
I love valley of the moon wines!!
I like Fox Brook Winery.
Castle wineries
It is hard to pick. For the actual wine, I love Benziger. In terms of visiting a winery/tasting room, Ledson is always fun.
Thanks for a great contest!
I love Kenwood wines!!!
blackstone!
1. hmmm… no clear favorites yet.
2. on my last birthday, my boyfriend and friends planned a surprise: they told me to leave my Saturday open and gave me a dress code. then we drove off and ended up at Robert Mondavi for my first wine-tasting tour.
Haven’t been to very many Sonoma wineries, but we did like Gundlach Bundschu Winery..
thanks!!