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Healdsburg, Calif.
Hotel Healdsburg, in Sonoma, has a deal that covers two nights in a double queen room stocked with a cheese platter with wine, six magazines, and chocolates; you also get two cocktails, two 50-minute treatments at the hotel spa and 15 percent off others, tastings at J Winery and Lancaster Estate with a picnic lunch, shopping discounts at Healdsburg Plaza, valet parking, and breakfasts. When Until Aug. 31 (from $880 per room, double; add $200 per person up to quad). Contact Hotel Healdsburg, 800/889-7188, hotelhealdsburg.com.

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Two nights at the Harbour House Hotel, in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., about 36 miles from Buffalo, N.Y.; a half-day guided wine tour; daily wine and cheese tastings; a three-course dinner with round-trip transportation at either Zees Patio & Grill or the Charles Inn restaurant; and breakfast daily. When May 1-June 30, Oct. 1-31 (from $362 per person, double); July 1-Sept. 30 (from $430). Contact Harbour House Hotel, 866/277-6677, harbourhousehotel.ca.

Portland, Ore.
One night at the downtown Hotel Vintage Plaza, an Urban Wineworks blending class with a take-home carafe of your blend, a bottle of pinot noir with two souvenir glasses, an Italy-vs-Oregon pinot noir flight at Pazzo Ristorante, and a journal for tasting notes. When Until Dec. 31 (from $268 per room, double). Contact Hotel Vintage Plaza, 800/263-2305, vintageplaza.com.

 
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