Whether you’re planning a day trip or a multi-day meeting in California, explore more reasons why you should consider Santa Rosa, Sonoma County’s vibrant, largest city.

The culinary highlights of Napa Valley and Sonoma County are just as noteworthy as their wine selections. We detail the best options for visiting groups.

Give your groups a taste of the good life at these four Napa/Sonoma wineries with facilities and activities that are ripe for retreats and offsite receptions in one of the most beautiful regions on Earth.

Healdsburg is the perfect place for your next company incentive trip. A truly unforgettable meeting destination.

Whether it’s a Q1 sales team kickoff or a holiday gathering, Meritage Collection has wow-worthy spaces to help your teams reconnect and achieve their goals.

Austin and the Hill Country region are brimming with parks, wineries and wellness resorts that give meeting and event groups abundant chances to enjoy the outdoors. Read more.

A massive planned power outage by Pacific Gas & Electric that affected nearly 750,000 Californians starting October 9 didn’t dampen the can-do spirit of the staff and groups at Napa, California’s Carneros Resort and Spa, who banded together to make “light” of a bad situation under the mantra “the show must go on.” Learn more.

Nestled in northeast Pennsylvania, the Pocono Mountains region is an easy escape from the metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. In recent years, the region’s options for meeting groups has expanded with several large casino resorts, as well as retreat-like properties, but the small-town welcome remains strong.

Lower prices, less traffic and that sense of discovery are often the best reasons to consider alternatives to the familiar destinations when it comes to wine. In the case of four off-the-beaten-path wine regions, add small-town charm and big-time hospitality to the top reasons for groups to visit.

It’s been six months since the wildfires in Sonoma and Napa counties were extinguished, and the message from locals to planners is clear: Spring is in the air, and it’s business as usual in Wine Country—as beautiful and bucolic as ever.