"The Carneros wine region, which straddles Sonoma and Napa counties with its rolling, vine-textured hills and cool breezes meandering in from San Pablo Bay, boasts some of California's best wineries. But only one welcomes you at the top of its driveway with the serene, spectral presence of a 20-foot-tall alabaster head of a young girl, "Sanna," crafted by famed Spanish artist Jaume Plensa."
"The Donum Estate, whose grounds showcase more than 60 monumental sculptures by the likes of Plensa, Louise Bourgeois, Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Doug Aitken, Robert Indiana and Anselm Kiefer, to name a few, contains what is thought to be the largest private sculpture collection of any winery in the world. Some are boldly visible. Others are hidden in groves of trees or camouflaged within thick grasses. All of them can be visited by simply making a reservation."
"Donum - Latin for "gift" - didn't begin as an art nirvana. First a dairy farm and then part of the historic Buena Vista Winery, the property was acquired by Danish entrepreneur Allan Warburg and three partners in 2008. By 2011, Warburg and his wife, Chinese-born art collector Mei Warburg, assumed full control of the site and began what would become an ambitious experiment/passion project."
The Carneros wine region straddles Sonoma and Napa counties, featuring rolling, vine-textured hills and cool breezes from San Pablo Bay. The Donum Estate greets visitors with a 20-foot alabaster head named Sanna by Jaume Plensa and holds more than 60 monumental sculptures by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Doug Aitken, Robert Indiana and Anselm Kiefer. Sculptures sit both prominently and concealed within groves and grasses across the landscape. The property evolved from a dairy farm and Buena Vista Winery before acquisition by Allan and Mei Warburg, who developed the site into an intentional art-and-wine destination. Visits are available by reservation.
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