B.R. Cohn winery sold

Following in the wake of Benziger Family Winery and this week's announcement that E&J Gallo bought Souverain and Asti Winery, another Sonoma County winery has been sold: B.R. Cohn Winery has been sold to Vintage Wine Estates. The price for sale has not been released.... Continue

Dunkin’ Donuts in Sonoma?

[caption id="attachment_54988" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Could Dunkin' Donuts be coming to Sonoma?[/caption] Yesterday was an important day for Bay Area donut fanatics: Dunkin' Donuts has announced that they will open a bunch of stores in Northern California. Two different franchise companies will open up the famous... Continue

In Season: Zucchini

[caption id="attachment_54941" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Zucchini and tomato salad (the kitchn)[/caption] It's a curse and a blessing: too much zucchini. Friends are doing anything to get rid of it - in fact, my kitchen is overflowing with zucchini and I don't even have a zucchini plant... Continue

Worth the Drive: Fort Ross Festival

[caption id="attachment_54932" align="aligncenter" width="437"] Fort Ross State Historic Park (Max Grigoriev)[/caption] If you have never been to Fort Ross State Historic Park, just north of Jenner on the Sonoma Coast, you're missing out on one of the most magical and historically fascinating places in the... Continue

It takes more than grapes to make wine

[caption id="attachment_54915" align="aligncenter" width="420"] The Historical Wine Tool Museum at Buena Vista is a multi-media experience (Sarah Stierch, CC BY 2.0)[/caption] At a ripe old age of 158, Buena Vista Winery is already in the history books as the oldest commercial winery in California. However,... Continue

Milk recall: plastic pieces found in Clover Stornetta milk

[caption id="attachment_54839" align="aligncenter" width="420"] The three types of Clover Stornetta milk being recalled[/caption] A recall has been issued by Clover Stornetta due to small pieces of plastic being found in 2% milk containers. Here are the three types of milk - which were distributed in... Continue

Photo essay: Vallejo & pals return to Buena Vista

This past weekend, Buena Vista Winery was host to some of the biggest names in American history - General Vallejo, Leland Stanford, Abraham Lincoln, and of course, Count Agoston Haraszthy, the founder of Buena Vista and the father of the California wine industry. I've always... Continue

Worth the Drive: Fritz Underground Winery

[caption id="attachment_54151" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Fritz Winery is a surrealist dream embedded into the hillsides of northern Sonoma County (Photo: Fritz Winery)[/caption] As a local, it's rare that I get excited about winery tours. I feel like I've seen it all. Once you've done the epic biodynamic... Continue

Funny cars & charity: Ron Capps joins Sonoma’s racing hall of fame

[caption id="attachment_54619" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Ron Capps burning out at the Southern Nationals in 2012 (J. Michael Raby - CC NC ND 2.0)[/caption] Ron Capps is a Funny Car legend at Sonoma. Capps made his debut at Sonoma Raceway in 1994 in a Funny Car called... Continue

Napa & Sonoma winery customers victims of cybercrime

[caption id="attachment_54592" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Martinelli Winery in Windsor is one of many wineries where customers were victims of a cybercrime (Kelly the Deluded, CC BY NC 2.0)[/caption] Have you bought wine in the past few years from a winery in Napa, Sonoma or Santa Cruz... Continue