California wine country visitors can experience vibrant charm in a tranquil setting at The Lodge at Sonoma Renaissance Resort & Spa — and there’s still time to get there this summer. Less than an hour north of San Francisco, this…
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There Still Time for a Summer Trip to Sonoma
Tagged with: California, Carneros, coffee, dairy farm, dining, famr-to-table, farm, restaurants, San Francisco, Sonoma, spas, Summer, tourism, travel
Posted in Vinesse Style
Posted in Vinesse Style
It Doesn’t Get Much Greener Than AVV and Mendocino County
The many “green” initiatives embraced by Alexander Valley Vineyards in Sonoma County, Calif., have been in use for more than three decades. Early on, the Wetzel family composted winery waste, practiced irrigation management and planted cover crops in the vineyards…
Tagged with: Alexander Valley Vineyards, California, farming, green winemaking, Mendocino County, Sonoma, sustainability
Posted in Wine and the Environment
Posted in Wine and the Environment
The Happy Marriage of Art and Wine
Are you into art? I have to admit that I did not get the art gene. During the not-quite 14 years I lived in Chicago, a city that’s very proud of its public art, I sometimes felt compelled to create…
Tagged with: art, Di Rosa Preserve, Hess Collection, Sonoma, Sonoma Valley Museum, wine
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
How to Get Your Vacation Bottles Home Safely
Before 9-11, hardly a plane flew out of San Francisco International Airport without at least one “six-pack” of Napa Valley or Sonoma County wine in the overhead compartments. The practice of carrying home special bottles from a romantic weekend in…
Tagged with: 9/11, airlines, bottle shock, California, Napa, shipping, Sonoma, travel, wine carriers
Posted in Editor's Journal
Posted in Editor's Journal
