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Tap a Keg for a Modern Wine Country Wedding

by careysweet6 days ago in Weddings.0 Comments

Alcohol can be a significant investment for any wedding, particularly if top-shelf liquors are served. Adding further to the cost is an open bar, where guests may order as many drinks as they wish. Then, if you factor in both a rehearsal dinner and a reception, it’s easy to see how costs mount up. To keep the outlay more reasonable, {…}

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Gay Wine Weekend Comes to Sonoma

by TravelAndrew1 week ago in GLBT.0 Comments

Set for the middle of Gay Pride Month, the region’s festive annual Gay Wine Weekend, produced by the local GLBT-owned travel and event company Out in the Vineyard, will feature three days of parties, wine tastings, dancing, delicious meals, and camaraderie at several venues in southern Sonoma County. This year Gay Wine Weekend takes place from Friday, June 15, through {…}

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Ticket, Quick! Savings on Sonoma Wine Country Weekend for Locals

by careysweet1 week ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Pssst. Here’s an insider secret that’s sure to stir up an appetite. Sonoma Wine Country Weekend is coming up soon, over this Labor Day weekend – Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. It’s three non-stop days of food, wine and reveling at fabulous venues across Sonoma County. Every year, the lengthy line-up of winemaker dinners, lunches, winery barbecues, grand tasting and {…}

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Parks in Sonoma County offer Spring Wildflower Walks

by SonomaSuzie1 month ago in Green.1 Comment

One of the best and cheapest ways to “get green” is to simply get out into nature. And Sonoma County – with its generous system of regional and state parks – makes it easy to do. That’s why, beginning today, we’ll highlight parks in the county once a month. Usually we’ll tackle an individual park, but when it seems appropriate {…}

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Sonoma International Film Festival is a Solid Two Thumbs Up

by careysweet3 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

The 15th annual Sonoma International Film Festival always brings plenty of headlines (it’s about the newest, most exciting film debuts in the world, after all). Yet this year, the event adds a little extra star power and glittery glam. The festival, running April 11-15, pays tribute to legendary filmmaker John Waters, and more than just a cinematic salute, Waters himself {…}

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Sonoma GayDar’s Next Party Set for HKG Glen Ellen

by TravelAndrew4 months ago in GLBT.1 Comment

The region’s always-festive Sonoma GayDar group, which regularly plans GLBT-oriented gatherings around the county, has scheduled their first event of 2012. The party will take place at the Glen Ellen tasting room of the excellent Hop Kiln Winery, which many visitors to the area know well from their distinctive, original winery and tasting room on Westside Road, just a 20-minute {…}

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Jack London Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

by jamesknight4 months ago in Wine of the Week.0 Comments

The Jack London Vineyard is a beautiful property perched on the foot of Sonoma Mountain. It’s easy to imagine the author surveying the rolling green waves of grapevines as he wrote the following salute in 1913, as reproduced on the back label of Jack London Vineyard wines: “I ride over my beautiful ranch. Between my legs is a beautiful horse. {…}

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Kenwood Inn Chef Says ‘See Ya’ to Gordon Ramsey, Hello to Sonoma

by careysweet4 months ago in Food.0 Comments

There’s London. There’s New York. Then, there’s Sonoma, and when the choice came to down to it for a chef used to working in the world’s best Michelin Star restaurants, the decision was easy. Sonoma rules. That’s why Chef Steven Snook has just taken over the kitchen at Kenwood Inn & Spa, direct from six years of sweating in the {…}

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Get a Suite Spa package at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn

by tina5 months ago in Deals.0 Comments

Willow Stream Spa at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn unveils a “hot” winter deal. What’s better than enjoying a 60-minute spa treatment? How about doing it for virtually nothing. This unbeatable Suite Spa Deal available just through the winter season is easy on the wallet and promises to enhance the rejuvenating effects of Sonoma Valley’s magical natural beauty. Boasting a {…}

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Taste Pixar Magic in Glen Ellen

by careysweet6 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

John Lasseter Brings a Taste of Pixar Magic to New Glen Ellen Tasting Experience Geyserville has Francis Ford Coppola, and his eponymous, pyramid-topped winery off Highway 101. San Rafael has George Lucas, with his private winery in the hills crafting his Skywalker Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. And now, Glen Ellen has its own movie-magician-turned-winemaker, with John Lasseter and his Lasseter {…}