6 great wine bars and restaurants in Sonoma 2026
Travelling in Wine Country? These are the top places to enjoy a good glass of wine in Sonoma, according to Star Wine List's regional ambassador Morgan Harris MS.
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![Barndiva, a restaurant and wine bar in Healdsburg, USA.]()
Phone: +1 (707) 431-0100
Address: 231 Center Street, Healdsburg
Michelin one-star Barndiva sits in a comfortable spot between ultra-fancy blowout and a-la carte casual restaurant. If you’re on a budget, but want something fancy-feeling or if you want a slow-paced dinner, but not quite at the level of a French Laundry or Single Thread, Barndiva is a great option. The food is delicious, thoughtful and draws heavily on the great produce available in the area. A choice-of prix fixe menu is offered nightly. The wine list draws heavily on the surrounding area, but doesn’t box you in to just the Sonoma coast, Dry Creek Valley, and Russian River; there are plent...
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![Enclos, a restaurant in Sonoma, USA.]()
Phone: +1 (707) 387-1724
Address: 139 East Napa Street, Sonoma
Sparkling Wine List of the Year International Open 2026
A new jewel box of a fine dining restaurant, located in Sonoma town, both the culinary and front of house teams have serious experience at some of the Bay Area’s top restaurants, including Saison, Quince, and Atelier Crenn, and The French Laundry. Certainly one of the most ambitious and exciting new venues to dine at on the North Coast, the wine list is focused on wines comparable to those made around the area, with a stock of great Bordeaux-variety wines. The dining room is extravagantly designed, and the service is professional and courteous with the finest tableware. Quite rightly, it has r...
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![The Matheson, a restaurant in Healdsburg, USA.]()
Phone: +1(707) 723-1106
Address: 106 Matheson Street, Healdsburg
In the lovely little town of Healdsburg, in the heart of Sonoma wine country, you’ll find one of the largest wine lists in the area. Entering the large, airy space during happy hour (daily between 4pm and 6pm) you meet the hustle and bustle of happy diners enjoying everything from nibbles and snacks to chef’s menus. The restaurant describes itself as serving micro-seasonal, fine-dining fare and I warmly agree. The large open kitchen surrounded by a spacious bar invites people (especially single diners), to enjoy the spectacle of a busy team of chefs at work. The food is exquisite, with local...
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![Valley Bar and Bottle, a restaurant and wine bar in Sonoma, USA.]()
Phone: (707) 934-8403
Address: 487 1st Street West, Sonoma
Valley is the cosy, casual wine spot you dream of finding in California wine country, which can be a little relentlessly luxury-oriented. Want a salad, some tasty small plates and pasta or protein? This is one of the best places in wine country to dine in a more vegetable-focused, minimalist fashion while drinking food-friendly, unadorned, lower-alcohol wines. Founded by millennials with high end east coast hospitality experience, Valley reflects a much more contemporary experience of wine and food. One of the founders, Tanner Walle, worked at NYC’s famed Terroir wine bar for years, and his b...
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![Single Thread Farms, a restaurant and hotel in Healdsburg, USA.]()
Phone: (707) 723-4646
Address: 131 North Street, Healdsburg
Single Thread sits at the pinnacle of Californian fine dining as one of the most recently crowned Michelin three stars. Helmed by Chef Kyle Connaughton, and his partner-farmer-wife Katina, Single Thread celebrates the bounty of northern California’s agriculture and fisheries, infused with subtle Japanese-informed techniques and flavours. Single Thread has a 24-acre farm property that supplies the bulk of their vegetables, keeping the menu seasonal and focused on the best of what the field has to offer. The Connaughtons infuse every part of their service with the Japanese concept Omotenashi,...
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Address: 210 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg
With decades of collective fine dining experience, Partners Jade Hufford, Evan Hufford, and Ryan Knowles wanted a change of pace, and recently opened Maison Healdsburg to bring their fine dining hospitality knowledge to a more casual, everyday venue. All Singlethread alums, the team has created one of the few places to drink well in a more casual venue on the North Coast. Located in downtown Healdsburg, it’s a great place to have a drink and a snack, and that before or after dinner glass or bottle. The team’s wine choices reflect the longstanding values that they upheld in fine dining: a com...
