[caption id="attachment_63484" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Buena Vista Winery serves up a historical, tasty and fun visitor experience (Photo: Discover Sonoma County Wine)[/caption] Sometimes family comes to visit, and sometimes you just need to play tourist in your own backyard. Buena Vista Winery (18000 Old Winery Rd.,... Continue

[caption id="attachment_63446" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Three Sticks' Casteñada Rosé is the ultimate warm weather bevvy (Image: Wildly Simple Productions)[/caption] Three Sticks' 2014 Casteñada Rosé epitomized what they call a "spring sipper." It was the best rosé I tasted in 2015. Watermelon and strawberry are the key... Continue

[caption id="attachment_63341" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Rumpus Cellars downtown tasting room will soon become Adastra's tasting room (Photo: Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0)[/caption] Rumpus Cellars closed the doors on their downtown Sonoma tasting room this month. Carneros-based Adastra Vineyards will be taking over one the best spots... Continue

[caption id="attachment_62991" align="aligncenter" width="326"] An excellent food and wine pairing at Pangloss Cellars made me take notice of my tasting room tipping habits[/caption] It's rare to find a free wine tasting these days Wine Country. Average tastings can cost between $5 to $25, often being... Continue

[caption id="attachment_62979" align="aligncenter" width="385"] My Meyer lemon tree is out of control![/caption] It's citrus season and my Meyer lemon tree is chock full of lemons waiting to be plucked. I've been finding any excuse to use them up - and give them away. Let's just... Continue

[caption id="attachment_62353" align="aligncenter" width="277"] HopMonk Tavern's Flying Monkey (Photo: HopMonk Tavern)[/caption] HopMonk Tavern's "Flying Monkey" was the big winner at the 15th annual Martini Madness at MacArthur Place that took place earlier this month. Ten local restaurants and bars participated in the event, with bartenders... Continue

[caption id="attachment_62218" align="aligncenter" width="420"] For every bottle of wine sold at Anaba Wines tasting room in January, $2 goes to Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance (Photo: Anaba Wines)[/caption] Only in Wine County do you find a fundraiser like this: For every bottle of Anaba Wines sold... Continue