Explore the quieter side of Sonoma at the Grape Leaf Inn, a restored Queen Anne Victorian just a five-minute walk from downtown Healdsburg.

Three specialty cottages dot the inn’s acreage, which includes a working seven-acre vineyard.Upscale but unpretentious, the inn is welcoming from the outset. Genial hosts Richard and Kae Rosenberg enjoy showing guests the “speakeasy” – a basement wine cellar reachable via a hidden stone staircase.

Complimentary wine tastings (including some rare vintages) are only on weekends, but don’t despair if you miss it; each guestroom has a bottle of wine from the inn’s very own seven-acre vineyard – yours to keep.

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