Farm Stay

The approach to Rinconada Dairy takes you through rolling ranchlands covered with oaks and pines. Drive through the wagon wheel gates to the rustic hacienda style ranch house where you will be welcomed by your hosts Christine and Jim Maguire. The colorful Fiesta Room with private bath is located in the guest wing, which also includes an inviting reading nook with a view of the patio and gardens. Wireless computer interface available.

You’ll start each morning in the cheerful farmhouse kitchen enjoying a sumptuous gourmet breakfast prepared by Christine, a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. Select your own eggs from the henhouse, or pick berries in season from the abundant vines in the organic garden. Your entrée may be topped with homemade tomato salsa or a variety of preserves.

Experience the typical ranch day while you work in the organic garden, observe the cheese making during milking season, feed the sheep and goats, and perhaps help in the milking or lambing. You may also choose to explore this spectacular 52-acre ranch at your leisure and search for the bedrock mortars (Indian grinding holes) and hidden petroglyphs. It is a birder’s paradise, and the sprawling garden includes a Petanque court for a casual game of boule.

Your hosts will help you plan adventures in the county which might include hiking the Rinconada trail, tasting at the fine local wineries, photographing wildflowers, dining in one of the many gourmet restaurants or visiting a farmers market.

Farm Stay pricing is for two guests and includes breakfast. Arrangements may be made for families to visit or dinner to be provided at an additional cost.