Plan a romantic day in North Valley & Chico wine country: intimate rooms, scenic settings and couples-worthy experiences.
The region's romance is built in: Chico's college-town blocks, Durham's orchard flats, the Oroville and Bangor foothills and the Sutter Buttes rising from the valley floor. The move is to pick fewer stops and let each one breathe.
For the centerpiece, a LaRocca downtown evening pour of the organic Forest Ranch estate, then dinner in Chico's restaurant blocks a stroll away.
Chico's restaurant blocks surround the LaRocca room, Almendra runs true evening hospitality with spirits beside the wine, and the farm stops reward a packed picnic
Ask your favorite tasting-room host where they'd take someone for an occasion; locals always know.
April through October for the foothill calendars; the Chico and Durham rooms make any season work.
The region sits 90 minutes north of Sacramento around Chico, Durham, Oroville and the Sutter Buttes, 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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