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What’s your favorite California wine area?

Img_1815Since my daughter lives in California, I’ve been fortunate to go wine tasting several times.

Sonoma County is my favorite county for wine tasting. My daughter Lisa had been wine tasting in Napa County. She said it was expensive, so we tried Sonoma County instead. It was a big hit.

Able to get a deal through a bed and breakfast for free or Money off at wineries, we had a fun two days of wine tasting.

I’ve also done wine tasting in Riverside, El Dorado, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, and Amador counties.

California is famous for its wines, but which counties produce the most award-winning reds and whites, host the most wine tours, and are most popular and affordable for wine lovers to visit?

LawnStarter did a study, “2023’s Best California Wine Counties,” to comparing all 58 counties.

Here are the top 10 counties from the study:

Top 10 California Wine Counties

 

County

Overall 
Score

Access 

Quality 

Accolades 

Entertain-ment 

Accom-modations 

1

Napa

72.27

2

2

2

4

20

2

Sonoma

65.86

1

10

3

1

9

3

San Luis Obispo

52.37

3

3

4

5

2

4

Santa Barbara

42.85

4

12

15

6

3

5

San Diego

41.67

6

6

12

2

5

6

Stanislaus

36.86

26

42

1

34

51

7

Riverside

34.07

19

7

9

9

1

8

Mendocino

32.22

8

18

6

15

15

9

Los Angeles

31.39

5

38

11

3

40

10

Monterey

30.34

7

33

25

11

7

If possible, plan at least a three-day tour of clustered counties, and make sure your itinerary includes counties that balance high-quality wine and visitor-friendliness, two items examined in the study.

Of course, Washington state where I live also has exceptional wine regions, Yakima, Walla Walla, and Chelan counties among them.

Originally Published on https://boomersurvive-thriveguide.typepad.com/the_survive_and_thrive_bo/

Rita Robison Consumer & Personal Finance Journalist

For more than two decades, Rita R. Robison has been a consumer and personal finance journalist making her living by finding the best bargains, calling out the crooks, and advocating for regular people just like you and me. In that time, Robison has talked to so many people who feel like their money just isn’t getting them what they want, where they want to be, or the life they thought it would.

The purpose of her blog is to help you get what you want from your money. Robison covers financial goals, budgets, debt reduction, saving, smart choices for buying goods and services, and retirement planning. You’ll also find articles on safety, such as avoiding scams, looking out for rip off companies, and getting informed on the latest recalls.

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