Your Sonoma Chef cheat sheet for Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Windsor, Santa Rosa, Cloverdale, Guerneville, Point Reyes, and northern Sonoma County.
Price is per person for a typical meal, or the posted ticket price for special dinners. Some cards show both.
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Chef Charlie Palmer's pork-and-Pinot weekend in its new home at Appellation Healdsburg. Top Pinot producers, real chef energy, a crowd that eats seriously.
Three days: producer tours, seminars, the Cheese Crawl at The Barlow Saturday, and the big Marketplace at the Fairgrounds Sunday. In its 20th year. Laura Chenel, Point Reyes blues, Bellwether Farms — all under one long weekend.
The annual triple IPA pilgrimage. On tap and in bottles at both the Windsor and Santa Rosa pubs for two weeks. Loud, crowded, and one of the most celebrated beers in the country.
Forty guests. Five Alexander Valley winemakers at the table. Four courses. The rare kind of dinner where the people who made the wine are also the ones pouring it.
The entire month of April. Participating wineries pour complimentary tastings and knock 10% off wine purchases. No crowds, no ticket counters — just you, the winemaker, and whatever's open.
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The Barlow turns into a cheese-and-pairing playground for one Saturday. Walk from vendor to vendor. Taste. Repeat. Very Sebastopol.
The big Sunday finale. Producers, pours, and specialty food vendors. Go early. Bring a cooler.
A mildly competitive rib cookout paired with wines from Mercury Wine and J. Rickards. Sessions at 11 AM–1 PM and 2–4 PM. Good local energy, not fussy.
Appetizers, a vineyard walk, a multi-course lunch, and double wine pairings. Thirty guests max. The format lets both the food and the conversation go somewhere real.
A large beer event with many breweries and food vendors. Good for groups. Good for people who drink beer first and ask questions later.
Spring means asparagus, first strawberries, snap peas. Show up early. Buy what looks alive.
Weekend 1 (March 20–22): Pigs & Pinot + California Artisan Cheese Festival. Friday Healdsburg, Saturday Cheese Crawl at The Barlow, Sunday Marketplace at the Fairgrounds. Very full. Very good.
Weekend 2 (April 11 + April 18): Battle of the Brews Saturday, Spring Supper Club in Cloverdale for the calendar keeper, capped by the Matheson Winemaker Dinner April 18. All of it distinctly different in tone.
Chef culture, creamery culture, craft beer, vineyard dinners. All inside 30 days.
30 days means only events with confirmed dates and real URLs — nothing speculative. The cheese festival in its 20th year and Pigs & Pinot at Appellation Healdsburg are the anchors. The Cloverdale events are the sleeper picks. The Matheson dinner is the one to book tonight.
sonomacounty.com/events · wineroad.com/events · exploretock.com · farmtrails.org/events · thesonomalocal.com · drycreekvalley.org · alexandervalley.org · artisancheesefestival.com · russianriverbrewing.com · appleblossomfest.com · healdsburgwineandfood.com · visitmarin.org · bohemian.com · sebastopolfarmersmarket.org
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