Beyond the hallowed dining destinations in well-trod towns like Yountville and Healdsburg, though, California wine country teems with culinary treasures in smaller communities that blend the old with the new — where historic dive bars and bohemian inns share zip codes with innovative wine shops and seasonally driven restaurants, and no region encapsulates this atmosphere like the Russian River Valley.

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