Here’s one reason to hope for a wet winter: the chance to dig for culinary delicacies in the mud under a canopy of redwood trees. At Healdsburg’s ultraposh Les Mars Hotel, the Wine Country Mushroom Tour package takes guests into the backwoods of Sonoma to hunt for hedgehogs, oyster mushrooms, and chanterelles, and to learn about subtly different varieties of each (belly-button hedgehogs versus sawtooths, for example). Following a day of foraging, participants take a special fungi-focused cooking class led by one of the guides. Then you can return to Les Mars’ Louis XV opulence, unwind with a superb cocktail from downstairs Cyrus, adjourn to your room, and sink into a deliciously soft four-poster bed, while visions of your favorite fungus dance in your head.

Having a great time! “The recipes we learned in class were accessible but still special,” says San Francisco’s Elizabeth Varnell. “And the guides tell you what to look for when picking your own mushrooms, not only in the woods, but at the market as well.”

-Sarah Mueller Bossenbroek

THE PACKAGE COSTS $1,750 PER PERSON AND INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, MATERIALS, INSTRUCTION, A COOKING CLASS, AND A THREE-COURSE LUNCH WITH WINE PAIRINGS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS; ROOMS AT LES MARS RANGE $475–1,025. 877-431-1700, LESMARSHOTEL.COM.