St. Helena,California
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Talk about a makeover. Much loved but styled along the lines of a ’70s dentist office, Raymond has been reinvented by Jean-Charles Boisset, scion of one of France’s prominent winemaking families and husband to California wine aristocrat Gina Gallo-Boisset. “We don’t just make wine … we create dreams!” Boisset says. At Raymond, the dreams now include a Champagne lounge with a gold-flecked resin floor and karaoke, and Louis XIV–style furniture under the trees. But there’s also a serious appellation-education room, a lab for blending your own wine, and a demonstration biodynamic garden with an app to guide you through it. And you can even bring your pooch to the doggie winery run by Boisset’s French bulldog, Frenchie.
Last Reviewed
187 2015
Address
849 Zinfandel Lane
St. Helena,CA
