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Buena Vista Carneros Estate Review
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Buena Vista Carneros Estate
Wineries / Breweries, Sonoma
Fodor's Review:
Buena Vista Carneros Estate is the oldest continually operating winery in California. It was here, in 1857, that Count Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa laid the basis for modern California wine making, bucking the conventional wisdom that vines should be planted on well-watered ground by instead planting on well-drained hillsides. Chinese laborers dug tunnels 100 feet into the hillside, and the limestone they extracted was used to build the main house. The winery, which is surrounded by redwood and eucalyptus trees, has a specialty-foods shop, an art gallery, and picnic areas. The guided tour, which includes a tasting of premium wines, is $15, but the self-guided tour is free.
INFO
- Address: 18000 Old Winery Rd., off Napa Rd., follow signs from plaza, Sonoma, CA
- Phone: 707/938-1266; 800/678-8504
- Web site
- Cost: Tasting $5-$10, tour $15
- Open: Daily 10-5, open until 5:30 weekends June-Oct., tour at 11 and 2
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