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Please The Palate Pick of the Week: #SonomaStrong

Written by Allison Levine on November 18, 2017
Travel Lifestyle Wine

The recent wine country fires were horrendous. Beginning October 9th and raging for three weeks, the destruction was devastating. More than 160,000 acres (250 square miles) have burned in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties. 100,000 people have been displaced. 43 people have died and more are still missing. More than 8000 structures were destroyed, including 5,500 homes that were completely destroyed and an additional 4,000 partially burned, as well as some wineries.

This is a crisis that continues to reverberate. It is also impossible to wrap your head around the magnitude of damage. I was in Santa Rosa this week and saw first hand the neighborhoods that are destroyed as a friend took me to see her home in the Fountaingrove neighborhood. But recovery is starting to happen and the people are strong and resilient. They are optimistic, ready to rebuild and are working hard to get back to a normal life. And the outpouring of support and the generosity of fundraising from around the world has been extraordinary! The motto is #SonomaStrong and that is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

TRAVEL TO WINE COUNTRY
Head up to Sonoma Valley right now and support local wineries, restaurants, hotels and other businesses. Bring your tourism dollars. Sonoma and Napa are tourism-based economies so now is the time to take a trip! They are open for business and would love to see you! Read More +

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11 Top Sonoma Vineyard Hikes – Best Wine Country Activities 2017

Written by Allison Levine on May 16, 2017
Travel Lifestyle Wine

This story originally appeared in California Winery Advisor.

Spring is here. The vines are coming back to life and soon the grapes will start to develop. It is the perfect time to head to Sonoma. But why stand inside a tasting room or head into a barrel room. Put your feet on the ground and get up close and personal with the vines by taking a hike through the vineyard. This is the best way to understand how important “place” is to wine.

Now, you cannot just pull off the side of the road and walk into any vineyard you like. But luckily a handful of wineries in Sonoma offer guided and self-guided hikes through their vineyards. So, put on your hiking shoes and get walking! Of course, as these hikes are in wine country, wine tasting is typically part of the hike.

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Top 11 Sonoma Wine Tasting Finds

Written by Allison Levine on August 26, 2016
Travel Lifestyle Wine

When visiting Sonoma, where does one get started wine tasting? As a region, Sonoma County encompasses more than fifty miles from Carneros in the south to Cloverdale in the north. It is home to seventeen American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). Some are well-known such as Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley, to name a few, and others are lesser known such as Moon Mountain, Fort-Ross Seaview and Green Valley. Sonoma is home to the state of California’s oldest commercial winery, Buena Vista, as well as the oldest continuously operating family winery, Gundlach Bundschu. And, there are more than 425 wineries on almost 60,000 acres. That means there are a lot decisions to be made before you start a Sonoma wine tasting adventure.

Unlike Sonoma’s neighbor to the east, Napa, where there are wineries located off of the main highway, many of the wineries in Sonoma are spread throughout the valley. So where do you begin? It is easier to find some of the bigger known wineries in the county, but seeking out small and medium sized boutique wineries is what I prefer to do. Here are eleven Sonoma wine tasting finds that are worth a visit throughout the valley.

1) Schug Carneros Estate (www.schugwinery.com)

2) Sojourn Cellars (www.sojourncellars.com)

3) Pangloss Cellars (www.panglosscellars.com)

4) Auteur Wines (https://www.auteurwines.com)

5) Three Sticks Wines (www.threestickswines.com)

6) Kamen Estate Wines (www.kamenwines.com)

7) B Wise (www.bwisevineyards.com)

8) Inman Family Wines (www.inmanfamilywines.com)

9) Two Shepherds (www.twoshepherds.com)

10) MacRostie Winery and Vineyard (www.macrostiewinery.com)

11) Jordan Winery (www.jordanwinery.com)

Read the complete story in California Winery Advisor.

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