Camping with the Alphas

Industry talk, banter and endlessly-flowing wine—nothing short of a sensational camping trip with the newly-formed Women in Wine, Central Coast....

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Celebrate National Doughnut Day at City Garden

If you’re a wine-country foodie, Santa Rosa’s new City Garden Doughnuts & Coffee is sure to have popped up on your radar. With its grand opening today on National Doughnut...

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Xavier Arnaudin: The Man in the Arena

A reformed French boxer shines as one of California's most refined winemakers....

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Happy Nights: A Chat with Don Felipe Hernandez of Feliz Noche Cellars

Drawing fruit mostly from the Koehler Winery, Hernandez produces a wide breadth of wines and has no plans of retiring anytime soon....

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Mister Jiu’s Pork Buns: A San Francisco Treat

The Bay Area’s favorite sandwich bread is reinvented into a classic Chinese delicacy at this Chinatown restaurant....

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Written in the Sky: A Wine Dream Across Generations

Thomson favors Italian grape varieties and makes astoundingly good Barbera and Nebbiolo under her own label. She employs Old-World methods in the cellar, including extended aging in 600-liter casks for...

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Belly - Left Coast Kitchen and Tap Room

I’ve been living in Santa Rosa for four and a half years now, and I am continually impressed by the ever-evolving food and drink scene in our town. New restaurants...

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Vito’s Ristorante Italiano in Maryland (With My Informal Wine Group)

This was a wonderful get-together with my informal wine group at Vito’s Ristorante Italiano in Cockeysville, Maryland....

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8 Scary Wine Labels on Fabulous Wines!

Just in time for the Halloween festivities this weekend, I’ve dug up some images of creepy wine labels on wines that I absolutely adore and highly recommend. Happy Halloween!...

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Top Five Brunch Spots in Santa Rosa

I’m a total sucker for brunch. Maybe it’s because I lived in San Francisco so long, where the brunch options are endless, or because I currently live in Santa Rosa,...

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