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 Robert Arnold and Jeffrey Mayo have closed the Cellar Door tasting room at the Lodge at Sonoma, after 13 years of an excellent and productive relationship. The room will serve another purpose eventually.  Mayo has other tasting rooms but Arnold and his Chandelle wines and Guerrero Fernandez of Windsor are looking for locations separately.  Until [...]

 Françoise Guerra Hodges confirmed that the Basque Boulangerie & Café is in escrow and being purchased by experienced baker and manager Harman Singh Bajwa and his wife, Harleen Bajwa, who have formed Basque of Sonoma, LLC.  The Bajwas have committed to keep all staff, all historic photos, and everything on the menu in the long [...]

Finally we can enjoy that west coast delicacy of the sea, Dungeness crab. While those of us who grew up around San Francisco think Dungeness is our proprietary brand of crab, you should try its sweetness from off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.  Crabbers compromised with distributors about 10 days ago [...]

We hate to see any local business have troubles, which some are these days. But the well known family of Tony and Alina, who have been the most recent owners of the historic Little Switzerland in El Verano, need the community’s support, and they deserve it.  The Garcia family has made great contributions to Sonoma [...]

 Fairmont CARES, a charitable foundation of Fairmont Hotels, including the Sonoma Mission Inn, has committed to “partnering” to the tune of $10,000 to Sonoma Valley High School’s Agriculture Department for development of the school’s agricultural programs, including the vegetable garden, orchard, vineyard, and animal husbandry programs.  The money will be paid over the next two [...]