Luxury Sonoma County wine country retreat just 10 minutes from Healdsburg.

This 4 bedroom 4.5 bath home is a blend of gracious design, warmth and comfort. Open floor plan in great room, dining area and kitchen, with 22 ft. beamed ceilings and two fireplaces.

The Kitchen is one of the home's highlights, tasteful and well appointed with Thermador appliances and an oversized island. A spacious great room with beautiful views of the pool and pond, beyond. Wall to wall accordion glass doors slide open to a lovely patio with large harvest table and BBQ/outdoor kitchen area.

Two Suites each have a king bed and bathroom plus another king room with a newly remodeled full bathroom. An additional bedroom has bunk beds, twin trundle and its own bathroom. The master bedroom features a spacious bathroom with double vanities and adjoining fitness room (also accessible from the pool area). The outdoor hot tub is just a few steps away.

Balverne is home to gardens and a small orchard. Also 15 named free range, egg-laying hens and 3 charming mammoth saddle donkeys...(don't spare the carrots if you walk by them on the way around the Rodney Strong Chalk Hill Chardonnay vineyard).

With the feeling that you are isolated in the countryside, you are also just 1 mile from a major grocery stores, pharmacy, restaurants, breweries and coffee shops. Literally hundreds of vineyards are within a short drive and you are only 10 minutes from the Healdsburg town Square and only1 hour from the Sonoma Square as well as St. Helena in Napa Valley.

Balverne Farms is conveniently accessible via Hwy 101 North from San Francisco. 1.5 hours from SFO, 1 hour north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Sonoma County airport is ony12 minutes away.