Building an itinerary for Aug. Sonoma/Napa trip -- looking for help

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Acorn and Mietz are both open only by appointment. I stumbled on them a few years ago when I was looking for places that were small and unique. Mietz, for instance, is in a big concrete barn right on the road directly across from the Christopher Creek Winery driveway. There are no signs on the barn, so the first time we went we weren't really sure we were at the right place. Acorn is in a small winery building in the middle of their vineyards on the other side of 101 from Mietz - you can almost see one from the other. They were two of a number of small places we've been to over the years, but we keep going back to these in particular because we like the people and we really like their wines. Of interest to you would be the Pinot Noir from Mietz which we like a lot. It's not anywhere like the big Central Coast PN's like Loring, et al, but much more restrained. Both produce a Sangiovese - Acorn's is more traditional with small amounts of Canaiolo and Mammolo, while Mietz adds about 20% Merlot. Acorn also has a Dolcetto that's just luscious. I could go on and on, but you probably get the point that we really like these two.