Larson Family Winery celebrates 40 years Becky and Tom Larson and their extended family, including the Millericks, celebrate 40 years of making wine and sharing lots of Sonoma Valley’s Schellville and Wingo history with the world. Everyone is invited to celebrate the Larsons’ 40 years... Continue

Vella Cheese Company announced last week on social media that they are closing after 94 years in business. As our daughter said, “That’s awful.” And I think lots of people will feel that way.  Most famous for their Dry Jack, the family posted “Our business... Continue

 Depot Hotel News The rumors appear to be true that Sonoma’s Isetta family is working on purchasing the Depot Hotel. While anonymous sources texted those and other rumors, this one seems to be progressing. While the black and white For Sale sign still stands in... Continue

The Mill on Check, Please! TONIGHT At last it’s happening! Dana Jaffe and Sanjeev Kumar’s five-plus years of extremely hard work at their Glen Ellen restaurant, The Mill, finally gets appropriate notice with the first screening of their episode of “Check, Please! Bay Area” on... Continue

While celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary, let’s remember that most of our forebears were immigrants who brought different ideas and goals, and sometimes traditional foods and festivals, from their countries of origin. Many of them also brought hopes of taking advantage of new opportunities to... Continue

Sonoma Eats’ new home definite Efrain Balmes said “We are now 100 percent sure we are moving to the La Hacienda” location in the Fifth Street West shopping center across from Safeway. Making lots of food fans and others happy, he will take over the... Continue

KQED Films at Mill, Sonoma Eats Returns, El Fuoco departs, Native Sons BBQ, Spread Makes Top 100, SMASHburgers Everywhere, PRIDE Comes Back to General’s Daughter  “Check, Please!” films at The Mill  Leslie Sbrocco’s KQED program, “Check, Please!” films Friday, June 5 at The Mill in... Continue

Santé’s fabulous re-do at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn A few of us were invited to sample the new experience one finds at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn – a complete re-do of Santé restaurant, both in décor and menu.  When you head through the FSMI... Continue

Smash restaurant to open on Sonoma Plaza The Glen Ellen Star–Stella team will open their new Smash restaurant on the ground floor of Taub Family Outpost at the corner of First Street West and West Napa Street. Much lauded chef Ari Weiswasser, his wife Erinn... Continue