Dry Creek Wineries, home of a liquid treasure

Dry Creek Wineries

Located to the north of California, the valleys of Sonoma are well known for the quality of their wine production. It is the case of one of the towns with larger production, Dry Creek Valley, where near to the creek most wineries wait for adventurous travelers to give a tour to the amazing fields.

Dry creek valley is an area surrounded by unusual vegetation where travelers can enjoy many different activities to be in contact with the nature. And the hundreds of wineries all over the road, each of them, with a long family tradition of growing the best grapes in family wineries, complete the trip. The valley hosts the largest number of producers of the oldest and finest wine Zinfandel among others.

The crops

The producers in the valley always improve the farming practices to cultivate premium wine grapes ensuring that way an organic and sustainable management practices of the soil. They're commitment to take care of the soil makes that the complete production is made manually, avoiding as much as they can the use of chemical that can influence in the resulting crops.

The variety of soil conditions in the valley, allows farmers to take control of the production and define the kind of strain they want to produce and discover and apply the specific conditions of growing for that type of grape.

The climate is also a critical factor in the development of the strains, in that sense the taste of the grapes of the warmth region is entirely different from the others.

The tradition

Dry Creek Wineries have the antique reputation of producing the world class wine, Bordeaux, Rhone, and Zinfandel. The old vine Zinfandel is one of the most sought out and most world renown, being the highest concentration of this type of wine in the valleys of Dry Creek.

Besides the years go by, the winery production remains as a familiar business, so it is really typical for visitors meet the winery owner explaining and helping with the testing on the tours through the winery.

The tours are a fantastic option all year round, but each year in April, the visitors can get a passport to Dry Creek  Valley, which is like a V.I.P. Card to be able to visit over 45 vineyards in the town, a dream coming true to all wine lover.

But the wine is not the only one strength in the region, during those two days; you can eat the best gourmet food from the hand of the greatest chefs of the area, pleasing the most delicate palates and demonstrating best combinations between wine and food.

Dry Creek Wineries keeps on their land a mixture between tradition and modernity, with an old mystic, where, to the sight of the visitors is endless fields carrying the best grapes. And the tasting rooms where you can feel at home with the guidance of the owner makes this place a dream for all the wine tasters.