10 Best Wine Bars in Sonoma

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

1. Cellars of Sonoma It’s billed as a tasting room, but it’s really a fashionable bar and retail store, set on busy Fourth Street off Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. Crowds pack in for this boutique collective of small labels (generally less than 2,500-case production) filling the eight seats at the bar, and the eight chairs [...]

Wine Country Weekend Wrap-Up

Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events

Don’t walk around a vineyard with soup in your purse. Basil and lavender make extraordinary gelato. If Francis Ford Coppola invites you to visit his private resorts in Italy and Belize, it may be an offer you can’t refuse. These are just a few things discovered at Wine Country Weekend, the three-day extravaganza of all [...]

You Say Tomato – Harvest Festivals Take Root in Bay Area

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events

Summer may have come late this year, but there’s proof positive that it’s finally here. The Bay area is awash in tomato festivals, with numerous heirloom harvest celebrations taking place across the North Bay in September. Crazy weather, yes? It’s been the coldest summer on record since 1975, and tomatoes simply didn’t get the heat [...]