Visiting the Wine Country…

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California’s not only known for it’s beaches but also it’s vineyards. If you get a chance to visit, don’t forget to tour Sonoma Valley, the birthplace of the California Wine industry. The Valley of the Moon, made famous by the novel written by Jack London is an area once inhabited by the Miwok, Wintun and Pomo peoples, and was selected by the Franciscan Monks from Spain for the construction of what was to be the last of their twenty one Missions in California built in honor of Saint Francisco Solano. The first wineries were founded back in the late 1850’s in the area of the Valley of the Moon, in such towns as Sonoma, Glenn Ellen, and Boyes Hot Springs.

But wine is not all you’ll find in Sonoma Valley, there is of course the Mission San Francisco Solano, not to be missed. The Botanical Gardens at Quarryhill, near the town of Glenn Ellen. An absolute treasure is the Jack London State Historic Park, full of history and romanticism. There you can visit the burned out ruins of the mansion he was building when it was caught in one of California’s famous wild fires, and the cottage where he wrote some of his novels and the place where he died which is now a museum. There is lots of Spanish and Mexican historical sites that make up the history of California, such as Sonoma State Historic Park which include the Sonoma Presidio.

Lying only an hour north of San Francisco it makes for a terrific day trip or an even better overnight stay and if you are a wine aficionado then this is the place for you. Sonoma Valley probably has the most concentration of wineries than any other place in California, although you can find wineries up and down the state. It would probably be best to spend a weekend there stay in one of their romantic Inns and bask in the beauty of the area and go winery hoping. But before you go back home don’t forget to get a couple Wine Racks and a couple of cases of wine to take back a little piece of the Valley of the Moon.

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