

THE GOOD LIFE, BY BIKE BLOG
January 18, 2012
CA Bike Tour: Chapter 2 Dry Creek
No wine county bike tour is complete without spinning through California's Dry Creek Valley. Bicycling Magazine ranks this part of Sonoma County among its top 'must ride' biking vacation spots in the world. The terrain is diverse and beautiful and "...there's a wine tasting, it seems, on every mile."
Viticulture and wine making in this part of Sonoma wine country date back to the early European settlement of the Dry Creek Valley in the 1850's. The dream that started with Gold Rush fever, mellowed and aged to perfection in a glass of dreamy Zinfandel.
Zinfandel grapes were planted here as early as 1864. Because these grapes can be grown without ... read more »