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Sonoma Valley is a valley located in southeastern Sonoma County, California, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Known as the birthplace of the California wine industry, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and ...
The two primary news sources for Sonoma are the Sonoma Index-Tribune and the Sonoma Valley Sun. The Sonoma Index-Tribune publishes twice weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays and has a circulation of 9,000. The Sonoma Valley Sun publishes every other Thursday and is free. The Sun is recognized as the alternative weekly for the Sonoma Valley. It has ...
The unique Sonoma Valley Prismoidal Railway linked the city of Sonoma to bay ferries in 1876 and was replaced in 1879 by the 3-foot (0.91 m)-gauge Sonoma Valley Railroad to a ferry landing near the mouth of the Petaluma River. Service was extended from Sonoma to Glen Ellen in 1882.
Sonoma Valley has played a significant role in the history of California wine. The first vineyards in the valley were planted by Franciscan friars at Mission San Francisco Solano in 1823. In 1857, Agoston Haraszthy established one of California's first successful commercial wineries here when he founded Buena Vista Winery . [ 4 ]
The Sonoma Valley — a valley and renowned wine region, located in Sonoma County, California. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Sonoma Mountain is a prominent landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County, California. [2] At an elevation of 2,463 ft (751 m), [ 1 ] Sonoma Mountain offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sonoma Valley to the east.
The Sonoma Barracks (El Cuartel de Sonoma) is a two-story, wide-balconied, adobe building facing the central plaza of the City of Sonoma, California. [5] It was built by order of Lieutenant (Teniente) Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo to house the Mexican soldiers that had been transferred from the Presidio of San Francisco in 1835 as part of the secularization of the Mission.
The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is a 501(c)(3) corporation governed by director Linda Keaton, and as of 2022 the museum is staffed by 24 full- and part-time employees. [10] The museum has an active corp of volunteers with their own volunteer council.