You don鈥檛 have to be a foodie to love Healdsburg. You don鈥檛 have to be a wine snob, either. Or a cycling geek. But if you鈥檙e all three, leaving this Sonoma County, California, outpost after a weekend getaway will surely break your heart. Which explains why there鈥檚 a growing community of creative and impressively fit professionals living in this聽 town of just 11,000. They came to eat, drink, and play鈥攁nd realized this is how they wanted to live.
Wine Country Style: Amber Keneally
Climbing gym trainer

Amber Keneally

Healdsburg鈥檚 hub, , takes farm fresh literally: the restaurant is itself a barn, albeit an artsy one with a chef who helped launch New York City鈥檚 Per Se. Amber Keneally, 32, the restaurant鈥檚 events coordinator, came to Healdsburg in 2004 to work in hospitality. Now she moonlights as a trainer at a climbing gym in Santa Rosa, 20 minutes south, and has launched a roving outdoor-fitness club. 鈥淲e take advantage of whatever鈥檚 available to get a workout,鈥 she says.
On trainer Amber Keneally: Campsite shirt by ($80); Tight Skinny jeans by ($65); Clementine sandals by ($69); jewelry from .
Wine Country Style: Dawid Jaworski
Gallery manager

Dawid Jaworski

Dawid Jaworski, a 33-year-old Polish-born former NCAA high-jumping champion and avid cyclist, credits his competition background with helping him land a job managing Studio Barndiva, the gallery next door: 鈥淚t makes me focus on every little detail.鈥
On Dawid: Step Up jacket ($108) and Crumble dress shirt ($145) by ; Saltwash Pique polo by ($39); Tapered jeans by ($250); Elementum Terra watch by ($1,000); glasses his own.
Wine Country Style: David Huebel
Vintner

David Huebel grew up in Healdsburg, went on a walkabout (a year in Europe), then was drawn back. In his case, it was 鈥渢he outdoor lifestyle of farming grapes.鈥 The singletrack in nearby Annadel State Park didn鈥檛 hurt, either. A dedicated mountain biker, Huebel, 33, now manages family-run . Some of the field staff have been around for 35 years; the patriarch, Dick Hafner, 86, still writes the press releases; and sales are all direct to consumers.
On vintner David Huebel: Chambray shirt by ($69); Big Horn pants by ($99); Weekender watch by ($53).
Wine Country Style: Dino Bugica
Restauranteur


During his twenties, Reno, Nevada, native Dino Bugica spent eight years learning to cook in Tuscany and Liguria, which was where he met his wife, Sonja, a winemaker. On a vacation to California in 2001, they found themselves eating in a Healdsburg restaurant that served hardcore Italian cuisine鈥攖ripe, sweetbreads鈥攎ade from local ingredients. 鈥淚 thought, This is what I want to do,鈥 says Bugica, 36. They relocated, and in 2009 he opened in nearby Geyserville.
On Dino: Nautical Stripe pullover by ($59).
Wine Country Style: Colin Sinclair
Restaurant manager

Diavola鈥檚 general manager is Healdsburg native Colin Sinclair, 31, whom Bugica lured back from San Diego. 鈥淢y friends are all here now,鈥 says Sinclair. 鈥淲e may have moved away, but we came back.鈥 The menu features cucina povera (peasant cooking) harvested from nearby fields, which, thanks to the temperate climate, are productive year-round. 鈥淲e have farmers growing Italian varieties of vegetables and herbs,鈥 says Bugica. 鈥淲e use local rabbits, sheep, and pigs.鈥 At house parties, the fare can get wilder: 鈥淪omeone will shoot a wild boar and we鈥檒l have a pig roast.鈥
On restaurant manager Colin Sinclair: 1933 shirt by ($59); Classic Khaki Chino pants by Denim and ($90); Weekender Slip Thru watch by ($45). On Dino: Men’s Dress watch by Timex ($50).
Wine Country Style: Daniel ‘Cappy’ Sorentino
Mixologist


In a region of grape aficionados, Daniel 鈥淐appy鈥 Sorentino is the oddball mixologist, following a Sonoma County鈥搒tyled 鈥渇arm-to-glass approach鈥 as the manager of Spoonbar, inside Healdsburg鈥檚 . 鈥淭here鈥檚 Meyer lemons in the winter and heirloom tomatoes for bloodies in the summer,鈥 says Sorentino, 26. Spoonbar often goes quiet by midnight鈥攑eople wake early to ride bikes or, like Sorentino, run in the foothills.
On mixologist Cappy Sorentino: Plaited cardigan by ($50); Darin Red Sole shoes by ($150); hat by ($10); SNAE49 watch by ($395).
Wine Country Style: Tod Brilliant
Writer/photographer

Nobody鈥檚 sure how Healdsburg became a magnet for artists and musicians, but these days you can spot members of the Killers and Journey around town. Tom Waits lives nearby. Then there are creative types like Tod Brilliant, a 31-year-old writer/photographer who 鈥渓ucked into it鈥 12 years ago when his then wife lured him here. Among his many gigs: strategy and communications for the Post Carbon Institute, a Santa Rosa think tank.
On writer/photographer Tod Brilliant: Dorm Duty SS shirt by ($55); Original Raw straight-fit jeans by ($285); 1000 Mile boots by ($340).
Wine Country Style: Greg Fisher
Magazine editor

Greg Fisher

As the editor of Santa Rosa cycling journal , Greg Fisher (above left) can talk forever about the pro-pedaling vibe in Sonoma County, which makes possible events like , a 103-mile epic that draws 7,500 cyclists. 鈥淭he government here sees biking as an economic pillar,鈥 he says.
On magazine editor Greg Fisher (above): Port Waikato shirt by Quiksilver Waterman Collection ($65; quiksilver.com); 511 Commuter 5 Pocket jeans by ($78); Rant shoes by ($70); Core watch by ($329).
Wine Country Style: Nick Bertalon
Fireman

On fireman Nick Bertalon: Canvas Work jacket by ($129); Tapered jeans by ($250).