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Confessions of a Wine Tour Driver

The liquid gold is what it’s all about. Driving a bus with a tour company makes you realize it all comes down to the gold. What is the goal of each winemaker in the Valley? What is the goal of each client on your tours,... Continue

Fair Game – Sonoma County Fair’s Top 20

With theme “Peace, Love & Fair,” and lots of Flower Power to go with it, the Sonoma County Fair runs from July 24 through August 10 (closed on Mondays) at the fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. For details, including discount days and musical acts, visit sonomacountyfair.com.... Continue

Comedic, dramatic, mysterious, romantic… ‘The Many Faces of Love’

Todd Evans, creative director of Sonoma Stage Works (SSW), has contributed a brave compilation of one-act plays entitled “The Many Faces of Love” to Sonoma Theater Alliance’s (STA) Festival of Theatre. The plays Evans chose are all about love; messy, complicated, tender, passionate and often... Continue

The church of the round ball

Walt Williams Baseball is a religion in Sonoma. From T-ball at the Boys and Girls Club to Giants games at AT & T park, the elements are the same: Faith, devotion, inspiration, symbols, sacred histories and tradition. Whether you follow the Abner Doubleday sect (invented... Continue

Fourth of July Parade salutes the arts

Sonoma Community Center’s 51st annual Fourth of July parade and celebration take over the Plaza on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s theme is a salute to the Arts in Sonoma Valley. “The arts are a vital component of a healthy community,”... Continue

For the love of the land

Tim Tesconi |Special to The Sun Fred and Nancy Cline, owners of a far-flung agricultural and hospitality empire including Cline Cellars and Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma, are conservative in their politics as well as the way they tread on the thousands of acres of... Continue

Caught with their pants down – The Full Monty” goes all in

Sonoma is enjoying an energetic theatrical resurgence, thanks to the companies that make up the Sonoma Theater Alliance. Over the past five years, a variety of visions have been produced on the Rotary Club Stage at Andrew’s Hall, from familiar who-done-its to full-blown musical extravaganzas,... Continue

Cocktail culture

What's a girl gotta do to get a great drink in this town? Kristin raises the bar. Continue