Fodor's Expert Review The Donum Estate

The team at this prominent Chardonnay and Pinot Noir producer prizes viticulture—selecting vineyards with superior soils and microclimates, planting compatible clones, and farming organically with rigor—over wine-making wizardry. Tasting areas that include a contemporary white board-and-batten structure and a pavilion with a conical multicolor glass canopy afford guests hilltop views of Los Carneros, San Pablo Bay, and beyond. The wines, from several Sonoma County appellations and one in Mendocino County, continue to exhibit the "power yet elegance" that sealed the winery's fame in the 2000s. Tastings are by appointment only (last-minute unlikely). The more than three dozen large-scale museum-quality contemporary sculptures placed amid the vines, including works by Ai Weiwei, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Keith Haring, and Anselm Kiefer, add a touch of high culture to a visit here.