While visiting Sonoma, drink wine at one of these 20 wineries and tasting rooms, such as Marine Layer in downtown Healdsburg and Littorai Winery in Sebastopol.
John Bucher and his wife Diane are behind our wine of the week winner the J. Bucher, 2018 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, Bucher Vineyard, 14.2%, $42. What sets this pinot noir apart is its great concentration of fruit.
A Thanksgiving turkey is hard to prepare in advance, so the chef will be busy in the kitchen. It always helps to have guests stir the gravy, cut the turkey or at least get the food to the table. Someone should be assigned the task of refilling wine glasses because the chefs have their hands full.