Inside Sonoma

It’s a balmy winter day – well, balmy if you’re from the frozen tundra we call the Midwest – and what better way to enjoy the 50-plus-degree weather than exploring outdoor sculpture gardens.
Cornerstone Sonoma Blends Quirky and Fabulous
Packed with delightful, unexpected surprises and set amid world-renowned architectural gardens, Cornerstone Place is a wine [...]

It’s a visual reverie here in Sonoma County.  In beautiful surroundings thrives beautiful art and you can find yourself spoilt for choice.  To get you started, here is just a handful of suggestions of exhibitions to check out in the next month.
Downtown Petaluma’s Pelican Art Gallery, which features North Bay artists, has recently launched their [...]

I almost burst my zubaz with excitement when I saw that the nifty pants worn by the Norwegian curling team (motto: “Stop calling us the Danish curling team”) at the Canadian Winter Olympics (motto: “Stop calling us the Athens Summer Olympics of Winter”) were from Sonoma County’s own Loudmouth Golf, a company which I have [...]

The excitement at Inside-Sonoma world headquarters is building: Once again, Santa Rosa will be the finish line for Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California (www.amgentourofcalifornia.com), on May 17.
The race has been moved from February to May (May 16-23) this year. Organizers hope to avoid some of the rainy and, in some cases, snowy [...]

As you may have heard, or will now, Hardy Wallace of the Really-Goode Job fame has finished his stint at Murphy-Goode winery.
Rather than return to Waffle House Atlanta he has opted to stay here in Sonoma County and work for not one but two different wineries.
According to the local news-paper of record, the Press-Demo:
The former [...]

To celebrate the first ever Sonoma County Restaurant Week, we are giving Sonoma Insiders the ability to win prizes just for telling us where they went and what they ordered!  During Sonoma County Restaurant Week, February 22 – 28, post a message on the Sonoma County Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/sonomacountyca with where you ate and [...]

No, not the stuff you dip your corn chips into. This salsa is the seething, hot, sexy dance with Santa Rosa’s Flamingo Resort hotel the place to dip into it.
On Valentines Day – Sunday, February 14 – the Flamingo has gone all-out to put in place a complete romantic evening for you and your true [...]

Celebrate your loved one during February in Sonoma Wine Country with one of these packages sure to bring back that spark.  Relax, unwind and taste the romance with fantastic dining options, spa treatments and wine tasting in Sonoma County.  Come and rediscover your perfect pairing!
Escape for a Romantic Weekend and Brunch!
Stay two nights in one [...]

Levi Leipheimer, cycling God and Sonoma County resident, trains throughout the year on the back roads of Sonoma Wine Country.  Lately, videos of Levi training amongst the wine country foliage have surfaced on the internets.  Following are two of our favorites.  And if you didn’t attend Levi’s GranFondo, check out the video below and sign-up [...]

Brussels sprouts, perhaps even broccoli – but who’d suspect Peanuts creator Charles Schulz would hate coconut?
If you’ve been a really longtime follower of the Peanuts strip, really long time, say since February 24, 1951, you’d probably have caught the coconut drift. In that strip, Lucy offered Charlie Brown a taste of her very special [...]