Brandon Guenther of Firefly Catering does rustic style weddings and serves meals based on a farms harvest, with fermented vegetables presented in mason jars. (Photo by Charlie Gesell)

The New Wedding Food

Wine Country’s wedding repasts range from rustic, farm-inspired fare to show-stopping culinary creations, always with an emphasis on fresh and local.

Dining Out

Choice restaurants for the blooming spring season.

Wildflower Walks

Colors explode as the landscape welcomes spring.

Seth Schwebs, left sets a kite aloft while Temesgen Schwebs, Steven Johansen and Kristen Schwebs share snacks during a hiking break at the Taylor Mountain Open Space in Santa Rosa. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)

Prepare to Launch!

Go fly a kite. And that’s meant in the nicest way possible.

An artist’s rendering shows the restaurant and wine bar at City Winery Napa; (opposite) the entry of the 1880 Napa Valley Opera House, which will become City Winery Napa.

N.Y. vibe in Napa

City Winery, a buzzed-about New York City facility, comes to Napa in April.