Sonoma Valley is tailor-made for a slow afternoon outside: warm afternoons, rolling vineyards, a glass of something local, and nowhere you need to be. If that sounds like your ideal Saturday, packing a picnic basket and heading to a small family winery is one of the...
Some events call for a glass raised. This one calls for two. On Saturday, May 30, we’re throwing open the gates at Little Vineyards in Glen Ellen for Franc & Blanc Fest, a release party and Wine Club Appreciation celebration rolled into one afternoon. It...
Sonoma Valley has no shortage of scenic places to raise a glass, but the stretch of Highway 12 running through Kenwood and south into Glen Ellen is something exceptional. To the east, the Mayacamas Mountains rise in a jagged line. To the west, the Sonoma Mountain...
There is a particular pleasure in doing Sonoma Valley wine tasting the unhurried way: a blanket on the grass, a board of good cheese, and a bottle from a winery that actually grew the grapes you’re drinking. The Sonoma tasting rooms that pair outdoor picnic...
Friday evenings in Sonoma Valley have a way of slowing everything down. The hills catch the last of the light, the air settles, and the week quietly lets go. That is exactly the feeling we set out to create with our new TGIF: Sunsets, Sips and Sounds series, and on...
You’ve seen the words on labels, tasting room menus, and winery websites: “small-lot winemaking”, “estate-grown wine”. They sound like quality signals, and they often are. But without knowing what the terms actually mean, they’re easy to scroll past. Estate-grown wine...
