This article is one in a series of articles about our recent tour of California Wine Country. You can read about Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, the Summary, the Winery Dogs and the Restaurants as well.
On the second day of touring the Dry Creek region of Sonoma County, we visited Bella Vineyards.
Bella Vineyards is on West Dry Creek Road which is a narrow road running parallel to Dry Creek Road. One of their claims to fame is a cave tunneled under one of their vineyards that is used for barrel aging wine. It also contains the tasting room which lets you get into the spirit of things. They are primarily producers of Zinfandel with some Syrah and Petite Sirah.
They have a very nice picnic area just outside the entrance to the cave. We had a nice lunch of salami, cheese, and bread with a bottle of the Bella 2006 Dry Creek Zinfandel which they kindly opened for us and lent glasses for.
Wines sampled:
2008 Rose
2006 Sonoma County Syrah
2006 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel
2006 Belle Canyon Zinfandel
2007 Two Patch Zinfandel
2008 Late Harvest Zinfandel – a nice desert wine
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- California Wine Country 2009 - Dry Creek - Day One
- Pedroncelli Winery
- Sbragia Family Vineyard
- Dutcher Crossing Winery
- David Coffaro Vineyard and Winery
- Bella Vineyards
- Preston Vineyards
- Zichichi Family Vineyard
- Papapietro Perry Winery
- Kokomo Winery
- F. Teldeschi Winery
- California Wine Country 2009 - Dry Creek - Day Two
- Alderbrook Winery
- Mill Creek Winery
- Lambert Bridge
- Quivira Vineyards
- Passalacqua Winery
- Dry Creek Vineyards
- J Rickards Winery
- Ridge Vineyards at Lytton Springs
- California Wine Country 2009 – Dry Creek – Day Three
- Rosenblum Cellars
- California Wine Country 2009 – Dry Creek – Day Four
- Seghesio Family Vineyards
- California Wine Country 2009 - Dry Creek - In Summary
- California Wine Country 2009 - The Restaurants
- California Wine Country 2009 - The Winery Dogs
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