Wine

A Mid-Winter Trip to Sonoma Restaurant’s California-Italian Roots

January 16, 2012

Daily killer wine deals at Sonoma January 17th through 22nd We opened Sonoma nearly six years ago with a simple idea: bring together Italian-inspired, seasonal cuisine with the best Californian, Italian, and ‘Cal-Ital’ wines. This week, we’re thanking our long-time regulars and welcoming new guest with a week of remarkable specials on wine and food. [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: The New Year

January 4, 2012

Have you had enough sparkles yet? It’s hard for me to really get enough bubbly wine. It tickles your tongue, looks like a party, lightens the mood, and it pairs well with so many foods. Alas, after all the wonderful holiday celebrations, I’m ready for a reprieve. This crazy, sudden cold front certainly helps me [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: Tastings

December 29, 2011

My favorite part of the holidays this year has been tasting different wines with my friends. I’m blessed to have a local wine store (Schneider’s of Capitol Hill) with a great selection of both wine and educated employees, and this holiday season I am happy to have taken full advantage. For Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: Back And Better Than Ever

December 7, 2011

Wine Wednesdays: I’m Back! I know, I know, I’ve been amongst the missing for a couple weeks! I haven’t forgotten about my favorite Wednesday activity, I have simply been holed up in coffee shops, libraries, my dining room table, basically anywhere I could dump my bag of 1000 flash cards as I prepared myself to [...]

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Getting To Know You

December 7, 2011

Getting To Know You: Hilary This is our inaugural “Getting To Know You” blog post! We will be featuring members of Sonoma’s staff, highlighting their backgrounds, noting some fun facts, and talking about their goals. As all of our readers get to know us, we hope to meet some of you in the restaurant and [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: Italian Varietals

November 9, 2011

Italian Grapes: His Majesty, Nebbiolo Nebbiolo is the king of Piedmont. Sure, Barbera may argue with me about that, or at the very least beg to be named prince, but Nebbiolo reigns strong. It is the grape used to make Barolo and Barbaresco, two of Italy’s most prestigious wines. But, for all its reputation and [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: Sparkles!!!

October 26, 2011

Lambrusco- This Is No Sticky Sweet Adventure, Folks! I have a special place in my heart for sparkling wine- don’t we all? It feels like celebration, accomplishment, anticipation of something new… all those great feelings. It tickles your mouth as you sip it- how can that be bad? It also goes really well with food! [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane!

October 12, 2011

SUPER TUSCAN!!! Italy’s Favorite Super Hero I’ve had writer’s block lately, and it has been really unenjoyable. I mean really horrible. It’s a constant effort of looking for something to write about, finding nothing interesting, and lamenting over the fact that NOTHING is worth writing about; but, really, the effort and agony seem to be [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: Cork Recycling

September 29, 2011

Cork Recycling: A Rebirth In our continued effort to be as kind and gentle to the world around us, Sonoma is proud to participate in a cork recycling program through ReCORK. I think anyone who reads this blog has held a lone cork in the hand- hopefully a glass full of wine in the other- [...]

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Wine Wednesdays: An Intentional Delay

September 22, 2011

Yvette Is Back From Her New Zealand Wine Tour! Yes, I know it isn’t Wednesday, but this week I made the executive decision to wait to talk to our hostess, Yvette, who just flew in last night from her wine tour in New Zealand. Ok, a large portion of her trip was focused on the [...]

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