The Wine Country Inns are a selection of eighteen individually owned inns in the premier wine-growing region of Sonoma County. Although each inn has a distinct individual style, this is a unique association with stellar shared attributes. All the inns are owned by professional innkeepers who practice a new art of innkeeping. The inns share similar amenities and price points and the highest code of guest responsibility. Their exceptional service extends to a shared website and telephone number that allows guests to find availability at all of the inns easily. Each of the inns must be inspected and reviewed by other innkeepers from attic to basement, from linens to guest policies and from culinary offerings to housekeeping before being accepted into membership in the association. These standards ensure that all of the inns are exemplary accommodations. The innkeeper/owners all bring business experience to innkeeping and are passionate about the area. They excel at providing their guest with the personalized service that even the finest hotels would find hard to match. These inns have an aura of professionalism much different from the old days of the bed and breakfasts where accommodations were run by couples who liked to entertain and decorated every surface of every room with personal knickknacks. Today’s innkeepers are best described as a combination of general manager, executive chef and head concierge. The rooms are beautifully and simply decorated for comfort.
Location
Located in the central, eastern, northern and northwestern areas of the Sonoma County wine country, the member inns are located in the historic towns of Cloverdale, Forestville, Geyserville, Glen Ellen, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa and Sonoma. Nearby attractions include twelve premier California wine appellations including the world-renowned Sonoma Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley, and Alexander Valley appellations, Armstrong Redwood State Preserve, and the sand-strewn beaches of the Pacific Ocean. The inns are approximately one and a half hours from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland International Airport and two and a quarter hours from the Sacramento area.
