It\'s okay to wine at Healdsburg half marathon :)The weather and course scenery could not have been more spectacular as runners enjoyed a picture perfect day in the Wine Country as they ran 13.1 miles from Rosso&Bianco Winery to the Lake Sonoma recreation area.Journey through the picturesque Alexander and Dry Creek Valleys in Sonoma County, California on our most secenic course yet. Start at Francis Ford Coppola Present\'s Rosso&Bianco Winery, and finish at spacious Warm Springs recreation area near Lake Sonoma for the popular Wine&Music Festival. You\'ll wind through 21 wineries and thousands of acres of autumn-colored vineyards on this amazing course designed by Destination Races, producers of the Napa-to-Sonoma and Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathons.Winemaking has been a Coppola family tradition for several generations. In fact, Agostino Coppola, Francis Coppola\'s grandfather, used to make wine in the basement of his New York apartment building using concrete vats he constructed himself. According to Uncle Mikey, they weren\'t fancy wines, just pleasant everyday drinking wines that anyone could enjoy.\n\nThe wines that Francis Coppola makes today aren\'t the same as those Agostino made, but they are produced in the same spirit—for sharing with friends and family.\n\nIt started over 30 years ago, when Francis and Eleanor Coppola and their kids were living in San Francisco. They were eager to find a small cottage in Napa Valley as a weekend retreat where they could make a little homemade wine. The family cottage they so desired turned out to be the great Niebaum Mansion on the famed Inglenook Estate. Suddenly, the prospect of restoringthat legendary property sounded more exciting than making a little bit of wine in the basement. \n\nOnce they had successfully accomplished the estate\'s restoration—a 30- year endeavor—the Coppola family decided to build a new winery so that at long last they could give a home to their ever-popular Diamond Collection and Rosso&Bianco wine brands. Since these wines have always reflected the gracious style of everyday living, Francis Coppola Presents Rosso&Bianco winery is the ideal place for friends and family to enjoy these wines, have a bite to eat, and relax outdoors in a comfortable, casual setting. of everyday living, Francis Coppola Presents Rosso&Bianco winery is the ideal place for friends and family to enjoy these wines, have a bite to eat, and relax outdoors in a comfortable, casual setting.Approximately 16 miles long and 2 miles wide, Dry Creek Valley is one of the smallest enclosed American Viticultural Areas. Roughly 9,300 acres of vineyards extend along the valley floor, the surrounding benchlands and hillsides, and 58 wineries produce a diverse selection of wines ranging from the renowned Zinfandels to Bordeaux and Mediterranean varietals. The history of grape growing and winemaking in Dry Creek Valley is among the longest in California, with its roots beginning more than 130 years ago. cabernet, Healdsburg, marathon, Merlot, Sauvignon, wine, Zinfandel