Tag Archives: Sonoma County

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Don’t Let it Rain on Your Wedding – Planning Ahead is Simple

by careysweetless than an hour in Weddings.0 Comments

It’s the reality of any extra-special day – the weather can take an unexpected turn. Think about “Forces of Nature,” the movie that ends with Ben Affleck’s hurricane-fraught wedding. Sonoma County, even with its temperate Mediterranean climate, isn’t immune to finicky Mother Nature. At the same time, the landscapes in this magical county of ocean front, forested, vineyard carpeted and {…}

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Paradise Ridge Winery – California Winetasting Adventures

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Benziger Weiswasser to Open Glen Ellen Star

by careysweet2 days ago in Dining.0 Comments

Glen Ellen Star Coming to, Yep, Glen Ellen The Glen Ellen Star will soon shine brightly in the cozy little burg of Glen Ellen. And though we are mourning the closure of the former Saffron Mediterranean restaurant that it replaces, the Star will give us delicious new reason to visit downtown. Think “refined rustic,” and you’ll get the idea of {…}

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Vintners’ Square Expanding in Santa Rosa

by careysweet5 days ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Cibo Rustico On its Way Soon, the aroma of wood oven pizza and grilled meats will marry with the intoxicating perfumes of wine and beer emanating from a most unlikely spot: an industrial parking lot at Cleveland and Ridgway avenues, next to the 101 Freeway. Wineyard at Santa Rosa Vintners’ Square just keeps on growing since the D’Argenzio family expanded {…}

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So You Want Wine at Your Wedding …

by careysweet6 days ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Sonoma is Wine Country, of course. Yet, for the issue of wine served at wedding receptions, one question is often overlooked. “Is it possible to bring in my own beverages?” Many brides and grooms have a special wine they love. Yet for many party venues, wine selections can be restricted by the venue’s contracts with caterers or wineries. Other venues {…}

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Hawley 2005 Dry Creek Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

by jamesknight6 days ago in Wine of the Week.0 Comments

Sonoma County wineries are not special in at least this one detail: Every other tasting room has a “Winery Dogs” book for sale or on display, featuring a big portrait of their faithful pooch in coffee-table style. There’s Wine Dogs (including Robert Parker winery dog rating system), Winery Dogs of Sonoma, and Winery Dogs Gone Wild. Just kidding on that {…}

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Food Purveyor and Beer Brewer Join Barlow

by careysweet1 week ago in Dining.0 Comments

Bring it on at The Barlow, with even more tenants signing up and construction finally underway on the downtown Sebastopol culinary center. Just joined are Terra Sonoma, and Barley and Hops/8-Bit Brewing Company, the latest in a growing number of food and drink businesses flocking to the 220,000-square-foot culinary and art center in the former Barlow Apple Factory at Sebastopol {…}

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Sonoma’s own Mark Stark to Cook at the James Beard House

by careysweet1 week ago in Dining.0 Comments

Sonoma County chef Mark Stark is known for his sumptuous way around steaks – witness his classic American Stark’s Steakhouse at Railroad Square, which showcases corn-fed prime and dry aged steaks as well as all natural grass fed beef from around the country and abroad. Filet mignon melts on the tongue like buttah, baby. You can get it wrapped in {…}

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Make Your Wedding Relaxing with a Pre- or Post Massage

by careysweet1 week ago in Weddings.0 Comments

While weddings are said to be one of the happiest days in most couple’s lives, they are also often an extraordinarily stressful time. Indeed, depending on the scale of the wedding, the travel needed and the relationships between the families involved, the event can be so pressure-filled that some life experience experts rank it up there with moving or job {…}

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Wine Country Cuisine is Naturally Good for You

by careysweet2 weeks ago in Dining.0 Comments

It’s a New Year’s ritual just as significant as popping that cork of Sonoma sparkling wine at midnight. The vows, the promises, the visions of a healthy new life to come with a proper diet. Fortunately for Sonoma County residents, we already live that dream, year-round. Some of the healthiest food to be found is grown and cooked right here. {…}