The Sonoma Spiel

Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau•sonomavalley.podbean.com

California’s Sonoma Wine Country is known as a feast for the senses - amazing food and wine, beautiful mountains and redwood forests, and charming small towns. Go deeper into the best of Sonoma Wine Country with the Sonoma Spiel, where we talk about what’s happening in and around Sonoma Valley with guests like farmers, chefs, wine makers, artists and interesting guest stars. Plus, we answer YOUR questions about visiting California’s famed wine country during our recurring feature, ”We Get Questions.” Send us a question via email (info@sonomavalley.com) or tag us on one of our pages (From Facebook to IG to TikTok) and we might just answer your question

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Grandma was a Sonoma nudist and other historical tidbits- Patricia Cullinan of Sonoma Valley Historical Society

Our history isn't just dates and faces - when Patricia Cullinan comes to tell us, it could also be places and patookuses. The head of the Sonoma Valley historical society came by with special second guest star Lucy the Lab to talk about Sonoma Valley's startling history, from before the Mission period when Native Californians from the Wappo, Pomo, Miwok and Patwin lived in and around the area to the arrival of the Spanish and then the Mexican Empire. And the Russians. There we some Russians. And...

Apr 24, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 36

Unlocking your creativity with Shiloh Sophia and Jonathan McCloud: Musette Atelier in Sonoma

Shiloh Sophia McCloud is an artist, teacher, speaker and more, co-founder of MUSEA, "a community of creatives working together to make this world what we hope it can be." She is joined by partner Jonathan McCloud, whom she me met in 2012 and "the two of them struck up a quantum conversation resulting in a life long partnership and working together in business with Intentional Creativity through various technology platforms." In a wide-ranging interview over a quick 50 minutes we cover painting, ...

Apr 12, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 35

From gas jockey to dance leader: Victor Ferrer of Grupo Folklorico Quetzalen

Victor Ferrer didn't start out to become the leader of Sonoma Valley's Mexican dance troupe (also known as folkorico dance.) Then again, he didn't set out to become the youngest editor of the Spanish language newspaper for Sonoma Valley either. Victor Ferrer came to the Sonoma Spiel to talk the types of Mexican dance, how you have to balance respect for tradition with the opportunity to innovate and create new art, and what it takes to grow a dance organization dedicated to Mexican performing ar...

Apr 04, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 34

Best of We. Get. Questions! Sonoma Spiel

The Sonoma Spiel went on Spring Break last week, so while we were busy doing spring break things, our brave podcast editor Timothy Benton (also of Yeehaw Coffee fame) put together the best of our crowd-favorite segment: We. Get. Questions. Mark Bodenhamer from the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce answered questions from someone named Sue from the Midwest. We talk A Boy Named Sue, emojis, breweries, bachelorette parties at wineries, and how to tell if you are in the right Sonoma. Sheana Davis of...

Mar 30, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 33

Don’t Read the Comments: Sonoma Index Tribune Editor Emily Charrier Ep. 32

She started with covering aebelskiver recipes in a small town and worked her way to covering wineries in a small town. And her advice: don't read the comments. Emily Charrier, editor of the Sonoma Index Tribune, details life as a small town newspaper editor in Sonoma Valley. We make her try to choose which writing sample is from a live, real human being and which has been spit out by the cold, unfeeling, soulless program of an AI bot. And then of course we go for everyone's favorite part of the ...

Mar 13, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 32

Sonoma Valley Authors Festival Preview: Ginny & David Freeman Ep. 31

Ginny and David Freeman, founders of the Sonoma Valley Author's Festival, want to be clear: it's actually a festival for the curious, for those who want to be surrounded by thinkers and exchange ideas. But there are also books available. Hear how the sixth edition of the festival will bring scientists, novelists, thinkers and poets to Sonoma wine country, including Isabel Allende, Ada Limon (Sonoma local and US Poet Laureate!), Soyoung Lee, Dave Barry, Abraham Verghese, Danielle Feinberg and man...

Mar 06, 2023•45 min•Ep. 31

Sonoma Film Festival Preview with Ginny Krieger Ep. 30

Food, wine and film come together with the Sonoma International Film Festival , and Ginny Krieger is here to talk about how to enjoy the films and the secrets to getting the most out of your experience. (Hint: if you don't like a movie, you can actually just walk to another one...) Martin Yan, of Yan Can Cook fame, will be a featured and celebrated guest during "Devour! Chefs and Shorts." Then she helps us answer some questions about visiting Sonoma Valley, and if you are Québécois, where to fin...

Feb 28, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 30

Bubbles, cocktails and a disco ball: Taub Family Outpost Ep. 29

Ashley and Martín from Taub Family Outpost are here and they have cocktails! And champagne! And ice cubes with a cool design in them from The Beacon bar. Taub Family Outpost is the perfect place for first-time visitors to wine country or veterans of the food and wine scene. Ashley talks about the wine program at the distinct building on the corner of Napa Street and First Street West on the Sonoma Plaza, while Martín reveals BIG PLANS for changes to the restaurant and bar, including more event s...

Feb 21, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 29

Unrequited love, a round-headed kid and a dog: Gina Huntsinger of the Charles M. Schulz Museum

Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and all the characters that sprang from the mind of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz are part of the museum (and research center) that bears Schulz's name in Santa Rosa. Gina Huntsinger comes by to talk the life of the man who created the memorable characters and the museum that celebrates his influence. Though the museum is full of Schulz's life and art, it also showcases the happiness and versatility of the medium that is the comics, from what we see in the papers ...

Feb 13, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 28

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Well-Read Lemurs Do It - Safari West Talks Love Ep. 27

Safari West stops by the talk to us about warthog courtship, giraffe birth and all the Serengeti lovin' that the animals get up to at the wildlife preserve north of Sonoma Valley, and which is the focus of their upcoming tour "Safari West Adult Romance Tour." Hear all the latest gnus about who is doing what and when, and how you can take the quiz to see how much you know about the mating habits of the earthbound elan. As for the tour? "Pile into an open-air safari vehicle and drive out among som...

Feb 06, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 27

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