Tag archives: Sonoma

Road Trippin’ Up North: Part 2 – Sonoma to Marin
By Leslie Westbrook   |   March 31, 2026

There is nothing better than a happy accident – not a car accident, but a missed turn-off that reveals an eye-popping, jaw-dropping view which is what happened on my backroads drive from Petaluma, in Sonoma County to Lagunitas, in Marin County. After whizzing past The Marin Cheese Company, without enough time to pull over (next […]

Sonoma Wine Country: A Coastal Retreat of Cool-Climate Elegance
By Jamie Knee   |   July 22, 2025

In Sonoma Wine Country, the morning sun filters through a veil of coastal fog, softening the contours of rolling vineyards that stretch toward the Pacific. A cool breeze carries the scent of wild herbs and sea air, while rows of chardonnay and pinot noir glisten with dew. This is a landscape shaped by nature’s contrasts, […]

A Sonoma Sojourn to Healdsburg and the Marvelous Montage
By Leslie Westbrook   |   November 1, 2022

My fall trip to Northern California wine country was designed to spend a few nights during the tail end of harvest season in Sonoma. This included checking out the recently opened Montage Healdsburg resort, a stunning and tranquil retreat set on 258 acres of heritage oak forest, also dotted with manzanita and madrone trees. Vineyards […]