Dinner In Sonoma... Jon Macklem When a restaurant hosts a wine dinner, it usually involves one winery with its owner or head winemaker doing the hosting and pouring duties. But Chef Charlie Palmer's Dry Creek Kitchen is going a different route on Sunday Nov. 10th, Sunday Supper with Food and Wine magazine's Executive Wine Editor [...]
Smokin Barbeque... Barbeque. All I have to do is imagine the taste or see a pic of all that lovely, glazed meat and I start to salivate. It is one of the most underrated cuisines and it's always kind of bothered me it doesn't get the respect it deserves. And don't get me started on [...]
Hits All of the Dining and Festive Notes... David & Gino Guerrero It’s always a little disappointing to be told there’s no room at the inn in the summertime. Doubly so when you tour the grounds of the place and find it a fantastic place to stay. But the Vinters Resort’s former marketing director, Tyffani [...]
An Offer You Can’t Refuse… Tess Housholder Francis Ford Coppola made three of the greatest movies ever in the 1970’s with The Godfather, Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now. That’s not opinion. That’s fact. Acclaimed director Sidney Lumet said, no matter how many times I’ve seen them, if I’m flipping around and come across the [...]
Classy & Fun Stay... David & Brian Nothing puts me in a better mood then staying at a luxury hotel while having dinner at the hotel’s restaurant. After a long, hot day of running around, attending a pair of food and wine events in Sonoma, it was marvelous that the valet assisted the webgal with [...]
Help Beat Cancer ... Jaron Dubinsky The V Foundation is an organization that does great work in supporting all areas of cancer research and help. And since they were the benefactor of Epicurean Sonoma, it was easy to get behind its special events on the March 31-April 2nd weekend. Chef, Jaron Dubinsky of Montage Resort [...]
Packed Every Night ... What would be a very nice problem for a new restaurant to have? To be packed every night! And that’s what Dustin Valette, the chef/owner of the Matheson in Healdsburg told the Insider has been happening since he recently opened his three-story eatery on Matheson Ave in Healdsburg. Dustin Valette “Hey, [...]
A Native Son Who Knows His Grill… It's not often when you get to talk to a Napa or Sonoma native professional. It's not surprising really. A lot of top pros want to come here to make their bones. Being in a great climate and surrounded by gorgeous fields, with incredible wine and dining doesn't [...]
20 Years and Counting... PERCY BRANDON Vintners Resort offers one of the more special places to stay and dine in Sonoma County. It has an in house spa, wine country tours and a fine dining restaurant in John Ash & Co. Considering all of the amenities Vintners offers, perhaps it's no surprise that its General [...]
Love A Good Beer?? To Santa Rosa we go where Aleworks on Third St. knocks my socks off with some excellent brewed on premises craft beers along with some very good pub grub. The Insider sat down with Michaela Hinkson who has been with Aleworks for 21 years, 15 years as GM… I guess you [...]
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