A visit to Carmel Valley takes you right to the center of Monterey Wine Country, where a community of family-owned wineries welcome you and your four-legged friends. From anywhere in Carmel Valley three wine roads are only minutes away, presenting many possibilities for an afternoon escape or a lifetime relationship. Your choices:
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Stay close and visit the dog-friendly winery tasting rooms within easy access of Carmel Valley Road, including Boekenoogen-Carmel Valley, Joullian Vineyards, Talbott Vineyards, and Bernardus (where they say "dogs welcome with well-behaved people").
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Head up over the Laureles Grade, east on Highway 68 then south on River Road (paralleling Highway 101) and you’ll find the dog-crazy River Road Wine Trail on the Santa Lucia bench above the Salinas Valley. Almost all of the charming and intimate tasting rooms are dog-friendly, including those at Hahn SLH Estates, Manzoni Estate, Paraiso, Pessagno, Ray Franscioni, Scheid, Sycamore Cellars, Talbott, Ventana and Wrath.
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The third of our wine trails runs along the beautiful† stretch of coastline encompassing Carmel-by-the-Sea, Cannery Row in Monterey and the whole of† Monterey Bay. Our favorites include Cima Colina (where they donate 25% of the profits of the Howling Good Red to the local SPCA), Figge, Galante, Pierce Ranch, Scheid-Cannery Row and Morgan.