Thursday, December 22, 2011

California Wine Country - Oh, What A Splendid Sight!

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By Carole Ashley


If your interest is sufficiently piqued by the wonders of California wine country, you can research your trip through many different resources and literature. Many self-planning guides are available for visitors to complement the wine tasting experience and make for a pleasurable adventure. Family wineries in Sonoma Valley, Napa Valley, Santa Barbara, and Mendocino area vineyards, just to name a few, offer a variety of options, such as walking vineyard tours, wine tasting seminars, and retail stores that offer endless selections of wine and wine related products!

Because we do not endorse drinking and driving on the roads of California (or even back home in England, or anywhere else in the world), we encourage visitors to tour California wine country through the following methods - car, limousine, jeep, train, plane, carriage, and are you ready for this, Phileas Fogg - HOT AIR BALLOON! Whether your pocketbook contains a little or a lot of quid, or whether you're a casual drinker or can hold your own at the pub, there's sure to be a tour package for you. You have free hand in choosing the county you wish to tour, but the tours in Sonoma and Napa Valley are especially popular, due to the fact you can mix them into lunch and dinner accommodation, overnight resort stays, mystery theater and/or cycling. Vacations can be booked online and be made as unique or as carefree as you'd like. There are even tour operators who realize that their customers enjoy the occasional surprise, and will manifest this through their tour packages - if we told you what was in them, then it wouldn't be a surprise anymore, ha-ha! And you can even make your own customized changes to packages as you see fit - and revisit the location as often as you like!

You can search the numerous vineyards and counties on the Internet and check which are the most popular, which offer certain activities, the most affordable, etc. There are many excellent on-line guides available, with stunning photographs of California vineyards, travel recommendations, and historic information. California wine country is a sprawling, statewide phenomenon, and offers year-long activities and accommodations for tourists.

The weather can also be a factor, and you may want to check ahead of time with tour operators or the specific vineyards you would like to visit, as to what they recommend to ensure that your trip is memorable for all the right reasons!

Additionally, you just might be able to add a few tourist destinations to your visit, depending on the area which interests you the most. Research will be your best friend in a case like this, so would advance booking, because remember, these tours fill up at a rapid pace! Be prepared for something out of the ordinary when visiting California wine country - it will make your time and money worth it!




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