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Sonoma County Wine Tasting Rooms for Spring

Early spring is a time of renewal in the vineyards, with naked vines beginning to sprout. It’s a beautiful season to enjoy what’s in bloom and the beginnings of longer days and sunshine. Wineries offer new releases as well as barrel sampling, a spring ritual sure to make you feel like a connoisseur. Wine writer […]

Sonoma County Winery Tasting Rooms to Visit This Winter

  Winter is quiet and contemplative in Sonoma, a time when grapevines go dormant and the wines from the 2015 harvest are at rest in cellars. The countryside can be beautiful, dark golden and gray, without a grape leaf in sight. It’s a fine season to stop in at wineries, which are apt to be […]
(from left) Kenneth Rochford, Chris Hanna, Bruce Aidells, Marcy Smothers, Kate MacMurray, Evelyn Cheatham, and Liam Callahan. (photos by Scott Barrow)

Where To Eat Now

Savvy Sonoma County insiders give the scoop on where they love to grab a bite to eat.

Visitors to the Madrona Manor can expect a tasty breakfast buffet including fresh-squeezed orange juice. Shot on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the Madrona Manor in Healdsburg, Calif. (Photo by Charlie Gesell )

Weekend Stays

Town squares to explore at a leisurely pace