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Common sense says otherwise, but it’s tempting to believe that the more gorgeous the winery, the more incredible the juice produced there. Of course, grapes don’t know how grand or modest a vineyard they’re growing in, though surely the winemakers working magic across the fields, tanks, and cellars are inspired and informed by their surroundings, both natural and built.
In Northern California’s Elysian wine country, mainly comprising Napa and Sonoma counties, it’s easy to be wowed when pulling up to an estate surrounded by bountiful rows of vines, graceful trees filtering the sunlight, and tasting rooms that invite an immediate smile. But some properties go beyond “wow” to the magnificent or truly sublime—think architecture by the likes of Herzog & de Meuron and Studio Other Spaces. Here, nine of the most beautiful wineries in Napa and Sonoma that each, for their own special reason, may very well leave their visitors floored—and not only because of their intoxicating varietals.
The Donum Estate
Equal parts terroir-driven, single-vineyard-only wine producer, and monumental sculpture art collection, The Donum Estate is Sonoma’s most jaw-dropping and sensorial vino mecca…