The Hanford House is within walking distance to some great local wineries and food options. We listed a few below that are just a stroll around the corner. There are also several restaurants located in nearby towns that are well worth the short drive, please let us know if interested, we can relay some recommendations.

When you think of California wineries, Napa and Sonoma are, of course, the places that come to mind. But long before Napa was the center of wine culture in California, the rolling foothills of the Sierra Nevada were home to some of the most scenic and fruitful wineries in the state. Prohibition changed that — the wineries in this former Gold Rush area folded and didn’t recover for nearly 50 years.

Today, Sutter Creek is the heart of the Sierra Foothill wine country only a short drive from three unique Foothill wine counties: Amador County, Calaveras County and El Dorado County.