Sonoma Valley social: Wine Country Weekend

Another Labor Day weekend means another Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. Here's some highlights via social media of Sonoma Valley's participation in the events, which raised over $4.5 million for Sonoma County non-profits. Thursday night: Big Bottle Party at Atwood Ranch Julie Atwood opened her Glen... Continue

Food + Drink Bites for 8/31

It's back! Sonoma Valley's Food + News Bites! If you have food or booze news to report, email Sarah at sarah@sonomasun.com (priority given to charity events!). NEWS [caption id="attachment_56846" align="aligncenter" width="125"] Winemaker Greg Kitchens of Don Sebastiani & Sons[/caption] Congrats to winemaker Greg Kitchens' of... Continue

Revitalizing heritage: Jean-Charles Boisset and Buena Vista

[caption id="attachment_56783" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Jean Charles Boisset with Count Agoston Haraszthy[/caption] In 1981, when Jean-Charles Boisset was 11, he visited his first American winery: Sonoma's Buena Vista Winery. Founded in 1857, it is the oldest winery in California. He visited the historic winery with his... Continue

Worth the drive: Amy’s Drive Thru

[caption id="attachment_56774" align="aligncenter" width="367"] My first veggie burger awaits me at Amy's Drive Thru[/caption] Until I went to Amy's Drive Thru, I had never had a veggie burger. Despite having many vegan and vegetarian friends, I've avoided veggie burgers. Stories of cardboard textured mass produced... Continue

Beer & “Wine o’clock” added to Oxford English Dictionary

Rejoice! "Wine o'clock" and "beer o'clock" have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Dictionary defines "wine o'clock" as "an appropriate time of the day for starting to drink wine." Other foodie/boozie related words that were added, include: Awesomesauce: extremely good, excellent Cakeage: a... Continue

Vegan faux-mayo feels the heat from FDA

Turns out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quite strict terms on what one can call "mayonnaise." This month, the FDA sent a warning letter to Hampton Creek, the San Francisco based food company, to tell them to stop promoting Just Mayo, their vegan... Continue

Gross ground beef – buy sustainable (or go veggie?)

Prepare to gross out Sonoma Valley: ground beef from conventionally raised cows is twice as likely to "contain dangerous superbugs resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics used to treat illness in human" than sustainability produced ground beef. This unsettling data comes from Consumer... Continue

Rotary “Applause” goes over the top

[caption id="attachment_56229" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Fake cigarettes and retro regalia was part of the fun at Rotary of Sonoma Valley's annual fundraiser[/caption] Photos by Lauren Parkhill Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley's annual fundraiser, "Applause," took place this past week at Hanna Boys Center. Guests decorated tables... Continue

Hangin’ at Corner 103

[caption id="attachment_56190" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Corner 103's Sonoma tasting room (Photo: Sarah Stierch)[/caption] When announcements were made that a new tasting room would open in the old Feed Store building in downtown Sonoma, we had no idea what to expect. Word quickly traveled that Lloyd Davis,... Continue

Food obsessed: edible flowers

[caption id="attachment_56178" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A beautiful cheese plate at the Epicurean Connection complete with edible nasturtium[/caption] Upon a recent visit to the Epicurean Connection, nasturtium was served with our cheese plate. I was so distracted by the tasty Sonoma County cheeses served on the plate... Continue