{"id":4321,"date":"2023-10-18T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:56:14","slug":"this-sonoma-county-up-and-coming-gem-should-be-your-next-california-wine-country-vacation-in-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/blog\/this-sonoma-county-up-and-coming-gem-should-be-your-next-california-wine-country-vacation-in-toronto-star\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This Sonoma County up-and-coming gem should be your next California wine country vacation&#8217; in Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>When it comes to wine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/food-and-drink\/summon-your-inner-wine-critic-with-these-sophisticated-fall-wine-picks-at-the-lcbo-one\/article_880eeb85-f0a7-5e23-940a-1839ceb891c6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oenophiles<\/a> like to talk about terroir, that fancy-sounding term for the overall environment that helps shape the quality of the grapes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>I\u2019d argue that terroir is equally important when it comes to selecting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/travel\/these-seven-wineries-around-the-world-are-so-special-they-ll-make-you-feel-drunk\/article_080e67bb-1915-53d6-9c92-10cb7e5f85a6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wine country vacation<\/a>. Where you are matters. Beautiful scenery, close proximity to tasting rooms, a high calibre of food and lodgings \u2014 these ingredients can be just as crucial as what ends up in your glass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>All of the above can be found in Healdsburg, an ideal base for a California wine country getaway. Just about an hour\u2019s drive north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/travel\/craving-a-mood-boost-serotonin-travel-if-you-will-i-went-to-san-francisco-in\/article_18cceb59-3299-5a4d-a16c-eac4f94ec24a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco<\/a>\u2019s Golden Gate Bridge, this longtime farming community, which once touted itself as the \u201cbuckle of the prune belt,\u201d has grown into the grape gem of Sonoma County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/travel\/this-sonoma-county-up-and-coming-gem-should-be-your-next-california-wine-country-vacation\/article_5b0f66a4-cb43-515b-855b-2a02b234b90b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE HERE!<\/a><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to wine, oenophiles like to talk about terroir, that fancy-sounding term for the overall environment that helps shape the quality of the grapes. I\u2019d argue that terroir is equally important when it comes to selecting a wine country vacation. Where you are matters. Beautiful scenery, close proximity to tasting rooms, a high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_post_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4326,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4321\/revisions\/4326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stayhealdsburg.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}