Experience the Wine Country Lifestyle at The Residence at Skipstone

The Residence astatine Skipstone. Photo courtesy of Skipstone

Northern California vino country’s continued effort to supply guests with authentic and exceptional experiences has resulted successful participatory grape stomps, winery creation installations, and horseback vino tastings. Visitors tin find gourmet nutrient and vino pairings, cave tours, and all-terrain conveyance vineyard expeditions. But to acquisition the existent essence of the vino state lifestyle, visitors request lone look to Skipstone. The Alexander Valley boutique shaper of organic, Bordeaux-focused varietals provides a vino state hospitality acquisition similar nary different wrong its 200 acres successful the soon-to-be-approved Pocket Peak appellation, and its 5 bedroom, 6.5 bath estate, The Residence astatine Skipstone. 

The Residence astatine Skipstone. Photo by Fran Miller

The luxuriously appointed, 8,344 quadrate ft chromatic farmhouse is disposable for full location rental, and is the perfect vino state abrogation spot for families and groups of friends. (Book it for 2 for an particularly decadent getaway.) Designed expressly for Skipstone proprietors Fahri and Constance Diner, whose exquisite sensation is readily discernible throughout, the duo person graciously opened their location to guests who are fortunate to bask the gourmet kitchen, an extended lending library, six indoor fireplaces, a billiards lounge, and a ample swimming pool. Guests tin stitchery caller eggs from the adjacent chickenhearted coop, oregon prime crockery ingredients from the onsite rootlike garden. The Diners adjacent marque their 2,500 vessel vino cellar accessible. Guests volition find a QR codification with a implicit database of collectible labels and prices.

Skipstone Proprietors Fahri & Constance Diner. Photo courtesy of Skipstone

The Residence astatine Skipstone Swimming Pool. Photo by Fran Miller

Multiple outdoor seating areas instrumentality afloat vantage of some the western, amphitheater-like vineyard acreage and the eastbound view, framed by Spanish moss-bedecked mature oaks that place what seems to beryllium the full of Alexander Valley. This is the presumption arsenic enjoyed from the expansive maestro bedroom, an full partition of which is glass. Artisanal aspects abound, specified arsenic reclaimed wood ceilings and walls, and sinks carved from chromatic recovered on-property and polished to a glossy shimmer of greens and golds. 

Skipstone’s property director Patricia Smith tin curate and facilitate the cleanable visit, from booking backstage flights with NetJets to stocking the refrigerator to scheduling spa treatments, winery tours, and dinners. (Rumor has it she magically created a “winter wonderland” for a family’s sojourn successful December, implicit with 15 ft Christmas tree.) Skipstone partners with a fig of notable section chefs who tin beryllium called upon to navigator memorable meals wrong either the gourmet room oregon extracurricular via a BBQ and pizza oven. Partners besides see section lauded restaurants specified as Cyrus, The Madrona, SingleThread and others wherever reservations tin beryllium notoriously hard to obtain. Smith is adeptly capable to enactment her magic, providing casual entree for guests of The Residence astatine Skipstone. 

The Residence astatine Skipstone Master Suite. Photo by Fran Miller

Sheep graze successful Skipstone vineyards' adjacent meadow. Photo courtesy of Skipstone

Naturally, a enactment astatine The Residence is Skipstone is not implicit without a sampling of Skipstone’s lush wines, made by Laura Jones expressly from the property’s 27 acres and 30 chiseled blocks of organically and biodynamically farmed grapes. Favored by planetary vino collectors, Skipstone varietals are elegant representations of the winery’s unsocial site, soon to beryllium designated its ain AVA. All tastings see a bountiful offering of locally sourced charcuterie and cheeses. The winery is pleased to soon debut its new, state-of-the-art, on-site vino installation and visitant center, expected to execute LEED Platinum certification readily; Jones is anticipating a autumn completion for the accumulation information of the winery, successful clip for 2023 harvest. The second-floor hospitality information of the winery volition travel successful summertime 2024 with a surviving roof, a luxurious acceptable of suites, a 2nd level vino library, and outdoor patios that diagnostic sweeping vineyard and vale views. 

Wine tasting astatine Skipstone. Photo courtesy of Skipstone

Note: Skipstone was greatly impacted by the fires of the past years, and since 2017, the winery has donated 100% of the income of its superior prime Melina’s Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil to the Geyserville Volunteer Firefighters. 

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