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Tim lives Inside Sonoma county, where he spends his day washing down fistfuls of chevre and prosciutto with fine Sonoma wines. He can juggle.

2012: World Ends. Buy Wine Futures Now.

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.1 Comment

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a massive CGI-generated, Himalayan-eating wave. In three years, as anyone who is anyone knows, the Mayan calendar stops, meaning the world will basically end, leaving only the guy from Say Anything, the girl from The Whole Nine Yards, and quite possibly the best looking first-daughter ever (B-E-L-O-V-E-D) floating {…}

Sonoma Wins Bike-Friendly City

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Congratulations to the City of Sonoma for getting a bronze designation as a bicycle-friendly community from the League of American Bicyclists. As we’ve said before, and we’ll say it again, Sonoma County is awesome for cycling. If you want to go cycling in wine country, this is your spot. Look for more cycling news soon – especially in North County. {…}

3 Places for A Windy Wine Country Day

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

The Wine Country Wind has been blowing these past two days, and it has me thinking: What are three places to go when the Wine Country Wind is blowing? (Creative? No. Contextual? Definitely.) Here are my three: 1) Jack London Park. Hike through oak trees and past small creeks in Sonoma Valley to the remains of his dream house which {…}

Salmon in Sonoma

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Sure, we have over 60,000 acres of vineyards, more than 264 wineries open to the public and more Michelin-rated restaurants than you can shake a stick at. But a lot of people don’t know that Sonoma Wine Country is also the Sonoma Ocean Country – the 50 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline not only moderates the weather and provides fog {…}

You. Google. In the Woods. At last.

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Google wants to follow you around for a while. You know, find out what you like to do, where you like to go, and then photograph the whole thing and put it on the internet. Their new project, cleverly called “US Street View Special Collections Poll” asks you, the great unwashed, to vote where you want Google to next invade {…}

The New Phonebook's Here!

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

We made it. Inside Sonoma, after toiling in obscurity for weeks (years – one and a bit) finally got noticed and hit it big time. We’ve been invited to a grand opening, in The City no less, of a new tasting room at the Boudin Bakery on Fisherman’s Wharf. Suspend your disbelief. We’ve been doing it for a year and {…}

Wine Country On the Cheap

2 years ago in Videos.4 Comments

A lot of wine country, for just a little dough. Find out deals, where to eat, and what to do, without spending a lot of money. We call it wine country on the cheap. View Wine Country – Cheap Eats in a larger map

Tomato Days, Boogie Nights

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.1 Comment

Hardy Wallace, he of the Very Goode Job wine blogger fame, posted a fun little video about the recent Heirloom Tomato Festival (unofficial motto: the tomatoes your great-grandfather used to not eat as a kid) put on by Kendall-Jackson. Look for a cameo by Heather Irwin of the local Bite Club blog. (Heather- get an agent! You’re everywhere and you’re {…}

Taste of Railroad Square

2 years ago in Videos.0 Comments

Makes plans to attend the 2010 Taste of Railroad Square on Saturday August 21 from 12 – 4 pm. Over 40 venues are open with food and wine around the artsy, BoHo enclave of Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, here in Sonoma Wine Country. Held in August every year, this is a great chance to meet winemakers, food purveyors and {…}

Burning Man vs. Wine Country Weekend

2 years ago in Insiders Guide.3 Comments

No one will be in San Francisco this weekend. The city that knows how will be emptied of Mission District hipsters and Pac Heights plutocrats. The steady buzz of tattoo guns will cease up and down Valencia. And San Franciscans will be in one of two places: Burning Man Sonoma Wine Country Weekend To help San Franciscans find the correct {…}