LIOCO
Healdsburg · Russian River Valley
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Oxto AIMatt and Sara Licklider's LIOCO has been quietly making some of California's most restrained, site-expressive wines since 2005. The downtown Healdsburg tasting room ditches the Sonoma pomp—windows flung open, records playing, a street-side parklet where you can actually relax. They're serious about what's in the bottle (single-vineyard designates, old-vine Carignan, textured whites) but refreshingly casual about everything else.
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LIOCO's Healdsburg tasting room feels more like your friend's well-curated living room than a typical wine country stop. Open windows spill onto the plaza, a turntable spins through their vinyl collection, and the parklet out front is where you'll want to settle in with a flight. They're pouring Burgundian-minded Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from exceptional California sites—wines with tension and minerality rather than the usual fruit bomb routine. The staff actually answers questions without the sommelier theater, making it approachable whether you're a novice or a label nerd. Club members get invited to biannual pickup parties, which tells you something about the vibe: they want you to stick around.
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