Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves
Highway 121 (Arnold Drive)
Sonoma, California 95476
http://www.gloriaferrer.com/sonoma-visit/
On our way into Sonoma, we were starting to get hungry, and we saw the sign for Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves and decided to drive in. As you drive into the caves, you pass through the rolling hills of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes to get to the building and caves. It is a lovely place with terrace overviewing the vineyard landscape.
While you are there, you can enjoy a tasting outside on the terrace or inside in the tasting room with some of their almonds that they offer or some light cheese, bread, and meats that they sell. They also have a restaurant on the other side of the estate. They also offer tours and tastings which are explained on their site which you can also visit their famous caves. (They do require reservations if your group is 8 or more people.)
On our visit, we went out on the terrace enjoyed some of their popular 2008 Brut Rose with some manchego cheese, sourdough baguette, fig jam, and Columbus Uncured Fennel Salami. It was a great little snack to compliment the Rose sparkling wine that was full bodied and had some berry notes to the wine.
They are also known for their 2006 Royal Cuvee which is a white sparkling wine of theirs. Our waitress also suggested trying out the Pinot Noir wine since it was the original grape that the Ferrer family grew in Sonoma on the Carneros territory. The sparkling wine producing started after they came back from Champagne, France which is when started growing more Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes.
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