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Sonoma Wine Club Event at SF Giants v Chicago Cubs

Cracker Jacks and Wine (Sonoma Wine Club Events)

By Harris Miner | August 9, 2022

In keeping with our mission of building community through wine, on Sunday, July 31st we organized a trip to the ball game for our Inner Circle Wine Club to see the San Francisco Giants vs.…

wine, wine review, wine tasting, red wine, pinot noir

Acacia Pinot Noir vs Halleck Vineyard (Wine Review)

By Scott Butterfield | August 4, 2022

If Pinot Noir were an animal, it’d be a chameleon. There seems to be no other grape that takes on its environmental surroundings quite like this highly-adaptable varietal. Preferring a cool climate,…

Ross Halleck and Caroline Styne

Food and Wine Pairing: Sonoma Whites & Pinots at AOC

By Scott Butterfield | August 3, 2022

The Los Angeles Wine Writers’ Group recently attended a special food and wine pairing at AOC, the restaurant featured in Condé Nast Traveler’s “50 hot tables” and on Food &…

small wineries, wine tasting, wine experience, red wine, white wine

7 Best Small Wineries in Sonoma 

By Scott Butterfield | July 27, 2022

The best small wineries in Sonoma are boutique wineries – those which make less than 5000 cases annually – are more high touch than high-tech. These places are labors of love.…

Catapult Vineyards at sunrise in the Petaluma Gap AVA

Impact of Climate Change on the Petaluma Gap AVA

By Eric Schwartzman | July 20, 2022

Petaluma Gap AVA wines are said to have a bit more balance and refinement because the wind hardens and thickens the grape skins producing more tannins, which render the feeling of texture in your mouth.…

Russian River Valley

Top 7 Russian River Valley Wineries to Visit

By Scott Butterfield | July 18, 2022

The Russian River Valley has viticulture history unlike any other in California. Grapevines were first planted by immigrants from the Mediterranean region in the 19th century. Most were “gardens” that families used for personal consumption,…

Docks at Bodega Bay

Wine Tasting Near Bodega Bay: Top 8 Tasting Rooms

By Scott Butterfield | May 3, 2022

It’s now the perfect time of the year for wine tasting near Bodega Bay. This amazing area lies on a San Andreas Fault line, roughly 20 miles as the crow flies from Petaluma,…

Wine Festivals Reopening Post Lockdown

Wine Festivals: 2022-2023 Calendar

By Scott Butterfield | April 21, 2022

After a two-year lockdown, life is finally opening up again. So we scoured the web to put together this endemic 2022-2023 Wine Festival Calendar. It features 11 California Wine Festivals, including 4 in Sonoma and Napa,…

Sebastopol Wine Tasting Experience at Halleck Vineyard

By Ross Halleck | April 14, 2022

For more than 20 years, we’ve been hosting Sebastopol wine tasting experiences at our estate. We’re just inland from the majestic Sonoma Coast about 20 minutes from Bodega Bay or 15 minutes from the Barlow. Our Sebastopol wine tastings aren’t held in a traditional visitors center or hospitality tasting room.…

Guests enjoy the hospitality of Sonoma county winemakers and an event by Sonoma County Tourism.

Celebrated Sonoma and Sebastopol Wineries Reopen

By Marta Heacock | April 5, 2022

Two years after the global pandemic effectively crushed tourism for Sonoma and Sebastopol wineries, tasting rooms are opening again. The lights are coming back on. And visitors from all parts of the globe are raising a glass to celebrate the return of relative normalcy.…

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