Sonoma Scene: Wine Country Weekend

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Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, one of the country’s most prestigious wine events and Sonoma County’s largest food and wine fundraiser of the year, enjoyed record participation and attendance while raising more than $400,000 for local Sonoma charities. The annual three-day, pre-harvest celebration – comprised of the “30th Annual Showcase: Taste of Sonoma,” the “17th Annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction” and a series of vintner hosted lunches and dinners – shined a spotlight on Sonoma’s unparalleled culinary, winemaking and hospitality heritage. In all, more than 150 wineries, 60 chefs and countless hospitality providers and volunteers took part in the annual fete that drew a record crowd from across the country and around the world in idyllic wine country weather. Sonoma’s legendary Sangiacomo family served as honorary chairs for the Second Annual Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, underscoring this year’s focus on the contributions made by Sonoma’s grape growers to the historic wine region’s world class standing.