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:
- 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").
- 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. All of the charming and intimate tasting rooms are dog-friendly, including those at Hahn SLH Estates, Manzoni Estate, Pessagno, Puma Road Winery, Scheid, Chalone Vineyards and Odonata.