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The Modernization of Wine
Before I begin, let me correct a statement I made on my last post, Ace Cider in the Hole still makes their pear hard cider and it’s called Perry. Now on with the show, SFMOMA, or the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, has just launched a very interesting show revolving around the culture of
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Down the Rabbit Hole
One of the many fixtures of West Sonoma County( besides Mom’s Apple Pie, Kozlowsky Farms, Korbel Winery - I could go on but I would be getting off on a tangent) since 1994 has been Ace Cider in the Hole, or just simply Ace Cider, a micro cider mill located on the northern most edge of Sebastopol just past Andy’s
... more »Feed me, feed me, feed me Seymour
Recognize the lyrics to the musical “The Little Shop of Horrors”? So I’ve got a one of a kind nursery just outside of the town of Sebastopol that you must visit right now as you pay homage to Halloween. It’s called California Carnivores and it sells only carnivorous plants, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which is perfect
... more »Knowledge is Everything
Hi Ho Everyone! I wanted to tell you about my visit to Benziger Family Winery that included a private tour and dinner in their wine cave for our group of 25 and to make it interesting – I don’t drink wine. First off, Benziger’s is located in beautiful Glen Ellen up on a hill yet
... more »Top Sonoma County Things To Do – Translation, No Wine
I know there are some of you out there who wonder what my top things to do in Sonoma County are that don’t have to do with wine and are mostly free. Welllll, thanks for asking because I’d love to tell you what my list is and you know what, just to be fair, let
... more »Sowing Your Seeds II
hi ho everyone, in a previous post (Sowing Your Seeds) I hearlded the fact that the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed company had bought an old unused bank building in downtown Petaluma and opened it last year as their only western outpost for heirloom seeds of all kinds. Well the NYT wrote a great little human interest
... more »Sonoma Wine and Food
This past Sunday in the Chron’s Food & Wine section was a special tabbed section called “Wine Country” with emphasis on the town of Sonoma. Now, I know some of you are tired of reading about or listening to what are the best wineries blah, blah, blah. But hey, you gotta admit there are new wineries
... more »Something to Ponder
“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” H. Belloc, writer/historian Can you tell me, have you wandered or have you travelled, where and why
... more »Local Brewery in Petaluma
I’ve talked about Lagunitas Brewery before, it’s just right down the street from the Quality Inn. But last week the NY Times had an article on domestically made pale ales and Lagunitas was rated – not at the top but it got on the list. Here’s the link:http://nyti.ms/93YmDD
... more »Wine Not
Oh I think I made a joke, get it – whine not. What I’m trying to say is that both our hotels are in the wine country of Sonoma County, Northern CA, but there is a whole lot of other non-winery, family, group, couple, dog kind of stuff to do. If you just came from one
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