Favorite Foodie Trails

15 Minutes from Santa Rosa

You're on the path to good food

It's no wonder that dedicated Foodies from around the world come to satisfy their culinary desires in Santa Rosa. We are the origin of some of the country's best eats and drinks - from award-winning wineries and microbreweries, to famous fine dining houses, and authentic taquerias - Santa Rosa offers California's cornucopia of Foodie destinations to suit every taste.

 Map out your eating and drinking plans with one of our tried-and-tested Foodie Trails. It's a feast for the senses!
Let us show you the way to some of our favorite Foodie adventures, from local events to that perfect picnic spot.

Take Hwy 12 east from Santa Rosa and travel 15 minutes to the small town of Glen Ellen. Here you will have a foodie adventure.

Come visit the first ever Chocolate Tasting Room. Taste chocolate, watch the chocolatiers at Wine Country Chocolates work in the viewable kitchen, and fulfill your chocolate fantasies.

On to Figone's of California Olive Oil for tastings of five traditional and three citrus oils offered free daily. Figone's is certified organic and boasts 150 acres of olive trees.

Free tasting and a tour for a minimal charge are offered at John Raymond Cheese Monger. The Cheese Monger prefers subtle, delicate and rare cheeses and will always select and supply artisnal cheeses.

Finish up with a tram tour and wine tasting at Benziger Family Winery. You will learn how the grapes are grown, how the wine is made: grape to glass. The Tasting Rooms are located at the Jack London Village in Glen Ellen, just north of Sonoma, California.

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