• Aerial view of misty Sonoma Valley vineyards at dawn beneath the Mayacamas mountains
  • A cook working at the wood-fired hearth in the SingleThread kitchen, Healdsburg
  • Golden evening light over the vineyards and oak-dotted hills at Moon Hollow, Sonoma Valley
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Custom itinerary

Custom Sonoma Wine Itinerary

Custom Sonoma Wine Itinerary

$500.00
$500.00
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Itinerary design fee, per couple. Credited in full against the trip when you book it with us.

Sonoma is three or four trips pretending to be one: the Plaza and the valley, Healdsburg and the Russian River, Dry Creek, and the coast. Pick two and you have a great four nights; try to do all of them and you spend the trip in the car. We'll choose the pair that is yours.

What we'd build it around

  • Stay. Healdsburg for walking to dinner (Hotel Les Mars, The Ruse); Forestville for Farmhouse Inn; the Plaza for Sonoma proper (Bungalows 313, The Lodge); the coast for Timber Cove or a Sea Ranch house; a Beaux Maison or The Trees rental if you'd rather cook one night.
  • Sip. Donum for art and Carneros Pinot, Flowers on the coast, Landmark in Kenwood, Knights Bridge, Hartford in the Russian River, Iron Horse for sparkling, Moon Hollow in Sonoma Valley, Wing & Barrel Ranch for a private lunch.
  • Eat. SingleThread if you want the three-star night; Troubadour for Le DĆ®ner; Valette, Ramen Gaijin, Handline, Catelli's and Quail & Condor for the rest of the week.
  • Days. A driver for the Russian River and coast days, a NewTree Ranch cooking class or sound bath if you want an afternoon off wine, Journeyman Meat Co. for a picnic.

Already like the look of the set trip? Sonoma, 4 nights from $4,800 per couple is the version we'd take ourselves. The custom one starts from the same book and goes wherever your answers take it.

What the design fee covers

  • A day-by-day itinerary written for you: the hotel, the tastings, the tables, the timings and the driver days, with a line on why each stop made the cut.
  • Every reservation made and held in your name once you book: winery appointments, restaurants, the hotel and the driver.
  • Two rounds of revisions, then a final version you can carry on your phone.
  • A quote for the whole trip, priced per couple like our set trips, with the $500 taken off the balance.
  • A direct line to us while you travel.

How it works

  1. Answer the questions above and add the design fee to your cart. Two minutes.
  2. Within two business days we send a first draft and a quote for the trip.
  3. We revise together, up to two rounds, until it reads like your trip.
  4. A deposit confirms the dates and we make every booking. The balance is due 45 days before you travel, with the $500 credited against it.

The fine print

One design fee covers a party of up to six travelling together; for larger groups, write to us before you buy. The fee is credited in full against a trip booked with Cellar Mouse within twelve months of the first draft. It is not refundable once the first draft has been sent. Flights are never included. Deposits, balances and cancellations for the trip itself follow the same terms as our set trips.

How our trips work

Tell us about the trip

Two minutes. We use this to write the first draft and price it. Anything you're not sure about, leave blank and we'll ask.

What should the wine days be built around? Tick everything that applies.

Your email comes through with the order. We reply within two business days with a first draft of the Sonoma itinerary and a quote for the trip.
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