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Jan 14, 2025

End Times for Wine? New Health Advisory Spurs Sober-Curiosity

In 2010, then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB1798, which mandated conjunctive labeling of Sonoma County-made wines to include both their American Viticultural Area (AVA) designation and “Sonoma County” on their labels.  It was proudly seen as a boon for the local wine industry. Now, that same label...
Nov 26, 2024

Happy B-day, Phoenix, Beloved Venue Turns 120

Downtown Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater is getting ready to celebrate its 120th birthday—and the old gal has never looked better.  Billed...
Oct 28, 2024

Going Bat Sh-t Crazy with Flying Folklore

Where do they come from, these mad ideas of ours? All those capricious cravings, phantasmagorical follies, fugitive fancies, inspired...
Oct 22, 2024

Business Distilled: Smarts & Heart Drive Barber Lee Spirits

Those who have yet to enjoy the velvety warmth of Lambanog are in luck.  The traditional Filipino spirit crafted from...
Sep 24, 2024

Legacy, Business and Generational Change  

In Sonoma County, where the vines run deep, and the family ties run even deeper, wineries aren’t just businesses—they’re...
Sep 17, 2024

McCarter Cellars Readies for Harvest Fair

Many stories come out of the Sonoma County Harvest Fair—mine is usually like, “Dude, where’s my car?” From a...
Jul 30, 2024

‘Wastelanders’: A Thriving, local, post-apocalyptic subculture

A new subculture has been quietly brewing worldwide for the past 15 years, and it’s arrived in a town...
Jun 18, 2024

‘Life Span’: Molly Giles’ New Memoir

Woodacre writer Molly Giles has traveled back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge for more than eight decades....
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