The boutique hotel serves as the starting point for exploring all that Northern California has to offer.
A SingleThread Farm’s Katina and Kyle Connaughton in Healdsburg, California. Photograph by Pamela CrossanTravel to Healdsburg, California—a charming Sonoma County town 70 miles north of San Francisco—and you’ll likely hear this credo repeated by locals many times over. It’s not just a saying that refers to the area’s diverse microclimates and farmlands rich with luscious tomatoes, glossy olives, a wide variety of winegrapes, and thousands of other crops year-round.
The idea, which ties locals to the land with a unique sense of pride, has given way to a fair amount of industry, turning this region into a chic, but still low-key destination. There are new hotels, bars, and restaurants popping up regularly—along with Mother Nature’s offerings, like the majestic Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve or Sonoma Coast State Park to the west.
Climb into your Audi e-tron and drive about 30 miles to Petaluma, California, where you’ll find the sprawling McEvoy Ranch—a 550-acre working farm owned by one of the most prominent families in San Francisco history. Nan McEvoy, whose kin were the founders of the S.F.newspaper, bought the land in 1990, then had a thousand olive tree seedlings shipped from Italy. She was determined to make the kind of olive oil she’d had there a California staple.
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