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Heart-healthy Activities in Sonoma County

by MiguelLujan2 months ago in Wellness.0 Comments

Keeping the heart and body healthy in Sonoma County is an easy thing to do, especially with so many of nature’s great wonders to explore with your family and friends. Even better, make this destination a fabulous get away from your daily life. It’s a wonderful place to spend a lovers’ weekend or your own retreat. Beyond wineries and fantastic {…}

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Sonoma Sneakaway – Spataneous Deals!

by secretlocal2 months ago in Deals.0 Comments

Sneak away to Sonoma Wine Country for a spatacular getaway. You can be enjoying dinner in a world-class wine region in less time than it takes to drive to the airport and get through security. For a limited time, Sonoma County lodging, wineries, spas, and attractions are offering hot deals to fans in the Bay Area and Sacramento. In no time, {…}

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J Vineyards Now Certified Sustainable

by secretlocal2 months ago in Green.0 Comments

Sonoma County just got a little greener. J Vineyards & Winery, specialists in Russian River Valley sparkling and varietal wines, has achieved certified sustainable status through the California Sustainable Winegrowers Alliance (CSWA). The sustainable certification covers all vineyard and winery operations. J Vineyards & Winery, located minutes south of Healdsburg, owns 10 estate vineyards sprinkled throughout the Russian River Valley, {…}

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Take Sonoma Home with You

by tina3 months ago in Insiders Guide.4 Comments

You’ve visited Sonoma County and want to hold onto that vacation feeling a little longer. Or maybe you’re planning your visit and want a little “taste” of what wine country has to offer besides wine. You can get that fabulous “wine country” feeling at home by ordering food and spirits to enjoy at your leisure. Artisan cheeses, olive oils, jams, {…}

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Food Purveyor and Beer Brewer Join Barlow

by careysweet3 months ago in Food.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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Wing Your Way to Sonoma Wine Country

by tina4 months ago in Insiders Guide.2 Comments

The next time you wing your way to Sonoma Wine Country, fly direct and you can bring a case of wine home with you for free. Wine Flights, a joint program of Alaska Airlines and Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, offers travelers an opportunity to visit Sonoma County’s famed wine country with airfare, lodging, and wine specials. Fly directly into Santa {…}

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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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Stonestreet Cabernet Offers a Taste of Place

by jamesknight4 months ago in Tasting Rooms.0 Comments

The Alexander Valley is known for Cabernet Sauvignon, and justly so. The grapes ripen easily here, among the hottest of Sonoma County appellations, and the vines sink their roots into ancient gravel beds deposited by the Russian River as it indecisively meandered across the valley throughout the eons. But it’s the mountains that loom above the valley that have lured {…}

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Explore West Sonoma County and Taste Route 116

by careysweet4 months ago in Tasting Rooms.0 Comments

Join Taste Route 116 for New Wine Tasting Events in West County So the holiday season is barely over, and it’s already time to start thinking about the next celebration. That would be Valentine’s Day, which this year falls on a Tuesday. The happy holiday often involves wine, but leave it to the creative group of Sebastopol wineries to figure out {…}