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Dry Creek Valley

Dry Creek Real Estate

Dry Creek Valley has always been a favored address for permanent and part time wine country residents alike. These days, in addition to the famed Dry Creek zinfandel carpeting the valley floor and hillside vineyards, the valley is home to the dark blue of Healdsburg Sotheby’s International Realty signs (and others) marking some beautiful properties. [...]

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Sonoma County Land

Sonoma County Land Sales over $Million

You would expect a county with a strong agricultural base and rapid residential development to have robust land sales.  In fact, since July of 2005 there have been 171 Sonoma County land transactions valued over one million dollars, almost three transactions per month if you averaged them out evenly. Life is never as simple as [...]

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Alexander Valley Hillside

Alexander Valley in Healdsburg

The Alexander Valley runs along the Russian River from Healdsburg in the south to Cloverdale in the north. This is famous vineyard country and is home to many premium wineries and vineyards. Here’s what the Wine Enthusiast had to say about the Alexander Valley, “The Alexander Valley is the most diverse grape-growing region in California’s [...]

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Dry Creek Valley Land

This is an unusually good time to be shopping for land and ranches in Dry Creek Valley and other areas around Healdsburg.  Most times in the past three decades you would only have one or two pieces to choose from, and most of those would be the picked over properties that were lacking water, perc, [...]

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Chanslor Ranch in Bodega Bay

When Will Rogers famously referred to God not making any more new land, he was referring to coastal property. It’s still the case that our coastline and ocean view properties are precious and rare. Our Healdsburg Sotheby’s International Realty Office is thrilled to be participating in the listing of the Chanslor Ranch just north of [...]

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Dry Creek Valley Land and Ranches

This is an unusually good time to be shopping for land and ranches in Dry Creek Valley and other areas around Healdsburg.  Most times in the past three decades you would only have one or two pieces to choose from, and most of those would be the picked over properties that were lacking water, perc, [...]

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Looking for the wine country life

People chase their dreams to Sonoma County. For some it’s an adventurous leap to a new lifestyle in the wine business. For others it’s the coast and redwoods with their timeless beauty and larger than life rhythms. For still others it’s the fertile soils and the summoning call of dawn’s rooster, jealous memories of harvest [...]

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Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley Estate Sites

Rolling hills, ancient oaks, and great views define the eastern slopes of the Alexander Valley which runs from Cloverdale in the north to Healdsburg in the south. This long stretch of land follows the Russian River which has blessed the valley floor with rich, alluvial soils that produce wonderful grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay predominate, [...]

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Roblar Road Barn

Roblar Road

Serendipidy can be your friend. In my case, a maps.google.com search for the fastest route to Dillon Beach told me part of my drive should be on Roblar Road. It’s been a while since I drove that stretch of Sonoma County between Petaluma and Sebastopol, so this morning I went for a drive. Man, it [...]

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Sebastopol bargains and Sonoma widgets

The Sebastopol slide show above is a good demonstration of the power of newer web based tools. It’s a simple presentation of listings in Sebastopol between $250k and $500K. It automatically updates itself and remains embedded on the web page as a permanent search tool. Clicking on the picture takes you to a map page [...]

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