Wonderful Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Singles & Couples

No matter what day of the year we think it’s great to remind people that you love them, especially on Valentine’s Day. We share some great Valentine’s Day ideas today whether you are single or a couple to help you celebrate. We feel choosing to show love to the people we care about goes for couples, singles, families, and yourself. Remember that you can’t pour from a glass that is empty and many times we tend to take care of ourselves last until we are running on fumes.

We encourage you to look outside of the box this year for innovative and fun ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Sonoma County. Sonoma County is one of the top romantic destinations in the United States so there is so much to choose from that is loving and fun on a winter’s day. Experiences whether shared or solo seem to be remembered more than traditional gifts, but I wouldn’t pass on the chocolates even if you have a great Valentine’s Day experience planned. You can never have too much chocolate or love.

Valentine’s Day Culinary Experiences

If you or the person you love is a foodie or amateur chef at heart giving them a culinary experience for Valentine’s Day is a great gift! We have many venues for culinary experiences in Sonoma County. The simplest is scheduling a lunch or dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant in Sonoma County, we have quite a few. Here is a quick list to choose from, remember to book your reservations well in advance and maybe go the day before or the day after Valentine’s Day to have a better experience:

• Farmhouse Inn in Forestville
• Folktable Restaurant in Sonoma
• Single-Thread Farm in Healdsburg
• Sante in Sonoma
• Valette in Healdsburg
• Glen Ellen Star in Glen Ellen
• Barndiva in Healdsburg

This only includes Sonoma County and the list doubles if you include Napa County. Within the wine country, we have a plethora of Michelin-Star awarded restaurants to choose from and some even offer take-out!

Foodie Ideas for Valentine’s Day

Food and Valentine’s Day just go together. Eating out at a great Michelin-Star restaurant is fun, but learning new cooking skills that you can keep using is also a lot of fun for the person you love that is the amateur chef in the family. In Sonoma County we have so many cooking schools to choose from and also wineries that feature cooking classes. We list some for you to choose from as a great gift for the foodie you love:

• Come Home to Cooking in Petaluma
• Ramekins Culinary School in Sonoma
• Relish Culinary Adventures in Healdsburg
• Savor Healdsburg Food Tours in Healdsburg
• The Epicurean Connection in Sonoma
• The CIA at Copia in Napa

Wine and Food Ideas for Valentine’s Day

If the person you love is a food and wine lover there are some amazing experiences to be had in Sonoma County that would make a great Valentine’s Day present! Giving a wine and food pairing event to someone you love is such a memorable present and we give you some great choices below to check out as a wonderful Valentine’s Day present:

• St. Francis Winery & Vineyards in Santa Rosa has a 90-minute wine-and-food pairing that includes a tasting of five wines chosen to complement a five-course, seasonally changing menu created by the St. Francis Winey executive chef.
• Ram’s Gate Winery in Sonoma has a two-hour seasonal wine and food experience that encompasses Ram’s Gate’s wine with foods that enhance the wine’s wonderful qualities.
• Jordan Vineyard & Winery offers many distinctive and intimate food-and-wine experiences, featuring their wines paired with farm-to-table menus designed to showcase foods grown on their nearby 1,200-acre property. They have both Library tastings with featured Jordan wines, estate olive oil, and food pairings by the winery chef. They also feature Paris on the Terrace tasting which includes a seated bistro-style lunch. They also feature a two-hour seated luncheon during harvest season, and holiday tours and tastings.
• Williamson Wines in Healdsburg is a family-owned tasting room in downtown Healdsburg that has a passion for airing wine and food and is known for its 90-minute seated culinary food and wine pairings.
• Lynmar Estate in the Russian River Valley is an elegant affair with seated, three-course meals thoughtfully paired with Lynmar’s wines and the meal and pairing is served on the veranda overlooking the gardens and vineyards. The menu changes every other month and highlights what is grown on-site.

Nurturing and Pampering for Valentine’s Day

There is nothing like some nurturing and pampering for a wonderful Valentine’s Day present that will be remembered for years to come. We have so many wonderful world-class day spa’s in Sonoma County to choose from with an extensive list of amenities and spa treatments available that it makes choosing a tough decision. But have fun making your choice and giving the person you love a day of pampering, relaxing, and recharging they will remember:

• Vi La Vita Spa in Santa Rosa features all the traditional services such as aromatherapy massages, body scrubs, and rejuvenating facials, but they also offer wonderful add-ons to these treatments, including hot stones, exfoliating foot massages, and rejuvenating eye treatments. When your treatments have finished you can continue to relax in the indoor Caldarium and enjoy a soak in their heated pool or catch some rays in their beautiful outdoor pool.
• The Spa at Bodega Bay Lodge in Bodega Bay has all the traditional spa treatments and also a unique warm shell massage for joint and muscle pain and deep relaxation. They also provide an enzyme facial with seaweed sea names and a green tea mask to detoxify the skin followed by clay from the Pacific Ocean to replenish your skin. They are also known for their cabernet grape seed scrub to exfoliate and renew your body.
• Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary is located in Freestone just a short drive from either Occidental or Sebastopol. Osmosis is known for its ground cedar and rice bran with living enzymes soak that works to improve circulation, relieve muscle and joint pain, and helps cleanse the skin. You can follow up this relaxing experience with an indoor or outdoor massage or be treated to a facial with their organic and local skin products.
• The Spa at Kenwood is a dreamy Mediterranean-style getaway in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. The spa is tucked into the hillside overlooking the vineyards in Kenwood. They feature an on-site spa with restorative body massages and many other spa amenities.
• The Spa Hotel Healdsburg in Healdsburg is a perfect place to unwind after a day of wine tasting. They offer a variety of face and body treatments designed to hydrate the skin, improve circulation, and relieve tension. They are known for their CBD Massage with black obsidian for muscle and joint relief or try the Biodynamic Facial to bring a renewed look to your skin. After your spa treatments, you can lounge in the garden patio, slip into the jacuzzi, or go for a swim in the hotel pool.

Pampering and nurturing are always wonderful gifts any time of year but also a wonderful way to say I love you on Valentine’s Day. After spa treatments, you can always choose from one of the wonderful restaurants in Sonoma County to finish off a magical day.

We have just dipped our toes in the water with what Sonoma County has to offer for unique Valentine’s Day presents. We have some of the most innovative and fun ways to spend a day in Sonoma County, from soap making to dance classes, wine tasting to zip lines, cheese-making classes to organic gardening classes, pizza, and bread baking classes to painting and ceramics.

There really is something for everyone’s taste and budget in Sonoma County for saying I love you on Valentine’s Day. Also, a great gift for Valentine’s Day is scheduling a house cleaning and taking that task off the list for the person you love. Be sure to give us a call at 707-827-3316 or fill out our Free Estimate form and one of our trained cleaning professionals will get back to you promptly to schedule your cleaning.