California Wine Country

Hess Collection Winery and Art Collection

Hess Collection Winery Walker Designed Landscape Photo © Alice Joyce

A visit to Napa wine country should surely take in the artfully arranged, Modernist landscape at The Hess Collection Winery. A tasting of The Hess Collection Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay will be a high point, to be followed by a stimulating tour of The Hess Art Collection. Among the exciting works is: Surface Tension – a rare work by British artist Andy Goldsworthy, now on permanent display at the Hess Art Museum. Measuring 10 x 16 feet, the sublime installation was assembled by Goldsworthy in 14 hours.

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California Wine Country

DeLoach Vineyards .. Organic / Biodynamic

DeLoach Chardonnay Hawk Hill Vineyard (Alice Joyce photo)

DeLoach Vineyards, Sonoma: Organic viticulture is integrated with the biodynamic farming employed not only at DeLoach, but among the Maisons & Domaines of the Boisset Family of wineries, reaching from California to France, Italy to Québec. (In 2009 the DeLoach estate vineyards received biodynamic certification from Demeter.) Organic culinary gardens reflect the quality and commitment of the vineyard to organically-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay cloned grapes: Farming practices that have earned DeLoach CCOF certification.

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Culinary Gardens

Stone Edge Farm and Vineyards

Stone Edge Farm Pyramid Photo © Alice Joyce

Abundant organic gardens and vineyards grace the artful surroundings and stunning architecture at Stone Edge Farm in Sonoma, where fine artisanal wines are produced along with “extra virgin” olive oil. The beautifully designed private estate–featured widely in national and local publications–may be toured by appointment only by emailing Culinary Director, John McReynolds. Join the Mailing List to receive invitations to special events, and to learn of special offerings on Stone Edge wines. Having tasted the soon-to-be-released 2007 vintage of Stone Edge ‘Surround,’ I’m enamored of the wine’s big, jammy, full-flavored blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot, lingering delectably on the palate .

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