Planning a trip to the Sonoma/Napa Valley region? Make sure you set aside a few hours to visit COPIA.  COPIA is a unique museum that “celebrates the culture of the collective table through wine, food and the arts”. 

On any given day you can take a class on wine, attend a cooking demonstration and take a guided tour of their edible gardens.  Be sure to stop at their “sensory stations”, which focus on the finer points of one type of food.  They have a rotating art exhibit usually with a food theme. When we visited COPIA the exhibit was “Icing on the Cake” which featured truly amazing cakes made by leading cake artists around the country. The exhibit also included creative displays like a full length coat made of Godiva chocolate wrappers. Check it out – it’s a great place to visit.