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Wine Country.com - Information about California's Wine regions. Information about Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Mendocino & San Luis Obispo.

Napa Valley.com - Napa Valley information. This site has downloadable Napa Valley map.

Monterey Wine.org - Information about Monterey County wineries.

Sonoma.com - Sonoma County information. This site has downloadable Sonoma map.

Pasowine.com - Information about Paso Robles wineries.

Visit some of Kathleen's favorite wineries.

Murphy Goode Winery - The winery draws on estate hillside and benchland grapes for its Reserve wines and adds fruit from neighboring growers for its Sonoma County wines -- all made with a combination of skill and enthusiasm and a focus on presenting the high quality fruit that goes into them. "This isn't a lifestyle to us -- it's our life," says Tim Murphy. But at the end of the day, partner Dave Ready says, "It's time to pull a cork and have some fun."

Flora Springs - Flora Springs is a family endeavor that epitomizes hard work, dedication and teamwork . The vitality of our family is obvious as we set about the task of growing great grapes and making absolutely delicious wine. Even the name Flora Springs has significance - Flora is our mother and the springs refer to the water source on the property that has flowed uninterrupted regardless of periods of drought.

Dry Creek Vineyards - Sailboats are synonymous with Dry Creek Vineyard. Sailing and winemaking have a lot in common. Sailing, like winemaking, is fun, adventuresome, and romantic. Each offers a refreshing change of pace from the pressures of mundane reality. Moreover, the image of sailing captures the high-spirited feeling at our winery. We love wine. We love sailing. That's why we continue to highlight romantic images of high-seas adventure on each bottle of wine from Dry Creek Vineyard.

Over the years, Dry Creek Vineyard's sailboat labels have earned legions of loyal followers. While more conventional producers' labels aspired to the European tradition by featuring drawings of nouveau chateaux, Dry Creek chose the uncharted course by featuring original paintings of sailing ships on each bottling. This bold departure from conventional marketing wisdom represents another Dry Creek Vineyard "first." Unprecedented, and consumers love it.

Origins of our nautical theme are purely personal. Sailing is David Stare's passion, one which has become a favorite shared pastime of many of the people associated with Dry Creek Vineyard.

Over the years, Dry Creek Vineyard has consistently won awards for excellence in packaging, unique label design, sales promotions and advertising.

Charles Krug Winery - The Peter Mondavi Family is ushering in a new era at Charles Krug Winery. But the Family never loses sight of the winery's history:

Charles Krug Winery was the first winery founded in the Napa Valley, in 1861.

Prussian immigrant Charles Krug came to America at age 22 with little besides willpower and a willingness to work hard. He proceeded to become the major local winery figure of his era, greatly influencing Napa Valley's development.