Plan a romantic day in Far North California wine country: intimate rooms, scenic settings and couples-worthy experiences.
The region's romance is built in: the Sacramento River flats at Vina, Redding's downtown blocks, Whitmore's pine country, Trinity's river canyons and Humboldt's redwood coast. The move is to pick fewer stops and let each one breathe.
For the centerpiece, a Vina abbey afternoon among the monastery grounds followed by an evening pour at the New Clairvaux Redding room, open daily to 7.
Redding's downtown restaurants surround the Market Street rooms, and the abbey visit pairs naturally with Vina's farm-country quiet; pack the picnic for the mountain stops
Ask your favorite tasting-room host where they'd take someone for an occasion; locals always know.
May through October for full mountain access; the I-5 corridor, led by New Clairvaux's daily doors, makes the region year-round.
The region sits along I-5 from Vina to Redding and into the mountains beyond, 2 to 4 hours north of Sacramento, close enough that an overnight turns a tasting into a getaway.
Every winery we track in the region, each with its own page.
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