Hi all, I’m taking a trip up to the Russian River Valley on Tuesday. Looking for recommendations for: 1) Lunch (nothing fancy: maybe sandwiches, salads?) 2) Any wineries you’d recommend visiting. I have an appointment at...

Greetings chowhounds! My honey and I are spending the weekend at the Farmhouse Inn in Forestville (Russian River area). The restaurant there has gotten some high accolades — but to us it looked a little over focused on meaty...

Will be joining friends in the Russian River area, and would greatly appreciate any words of wisdom regarding eateries. Anything from Jenner to Santa Rosa to Sebastopol would be great. Food more important than wine lists, and...

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Can anyone recommend a good restaurant in the Russian River area? Also interested in a good place to get chocolate or ice cream, if there is one, or a good bakery. I’ll be staying at Fife’s, which has a restaurant. Is...

Hi Janet, If you’ll click over to the San Francisco Bay Area message board (link below), you’ll find oodles of posts for Sonoma County and the Russian River Valley area. You can also use the search engine on the main...

Hi. Staying in Forestville for a few days. We’re planning on a dinner at the Farmhouse Inn (where we’re staying). Where else should we eat? Applewood Inn maybe?? Thanks in advance, Scott

The Union Hotel in Occidental is a lovely backroad ride through the redwoods from the Russian River area. They have the greatest raviolis. Everything is served family style and comes with antipasta, minestrone, bread, raviolis...

I was thinking about doing the barrel tasting tour of the Russian River this weekend. Has anyone been? Any thoughts on the experience would be appreciated.

Saturday afternoon found me in Forestville in the center of the Russian River Valley for the open house at Scherrer winery (not open for public tasting). All nine wines previewed for tasting were lovely. The ones to seek out are...

Maps and websites don’t seem to say what tasting fees are at Russian River area wineries, or if anybody is still free. Does anybody know, or know of a directory that includes that information?

I’ll be in Yountville/Napa in mid-April with my family, and I’d like to learn more about producing Pinot in the Russian River Valley. Is there a winery in the area specializing in Pinot Noir that’s not to be...

My fiancee and I are quite excited to be visiting Healdsburg this weekend. Since we are unfamiliar with the area, our Californian friends suggested that we drive through the Russian River Valley on Saturday morning and grab...

Going to trek up to Santa Rosa tomorrow afternoon to check out Russian River - love their beers, so thought I’d go check them out. Pretty excited to see what they have in-house! Anyway, I’m hearing that the...

I’m going on a family vacation to Northern CA with my parents, grandparents and an aunt this autumn and was wondering what recommendations people have for moderately priced options for lunches and dinners primarily in the...