If you want to get close to the vines but don’t want to spend an arm and a leg, there’s another new program offering self-guided tours,complete with educational brochures, marked pathways and a tasting at the end.

The tour program offered at four wineries — Matanzas Creek in Bennett Valley, Paradise Ridge and Balletto Vineyards in the Russian River Valley, and Mauritson in the Dry Creek Valley — is the brainchild of the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission. 

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By Diane Peterson, The Press Democrat