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Thanksgiving Wines & Welcoming Guests with Wine Educator Lesli John
Thanksgiving Wines & Welcoming Guests with Wine Educator Lesli John
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Funny interviews and insider secrets from chefs, winemakers, farmers, artists and more, plus hot deals, shocking history and everything else about Sonoma Valley in California’s wine country. Plus we answer your questions during ”We Get Questions!”
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- Thanksgiving Wines & Welcoming Guests with Wine Educator Lesli John · 1 t 3 min · Sesong 1 Episode 180What wine belongs on your Thanksgiving table? Wine educator and hospitality consultant Lesli John joins Tim Zahner to explore four Sonoma wines, share holiday hosting advice, and…
- Public Tubas, Massive Sculptures & Utility Boxes as Canvas: Connie Schlelein on Making an Art Scene Seen · 52 min · Sesong 1 Episode 179What happens when you put a piano in the Plaza, turn utility boxes into canvases, and start imagining sculpture trails through wine country? Connie Schlelein, chair of the City…
- Feeling Like A Local: Kendall Comfort on 30 Years at Sonoma Valley Hotel · 54 min · Sesong 1 Episode 178What makes a hotel feel like part of its hometown? For Kendall Comfort, General Manager of Sonoma Valley Inn, it starts with the people. This week on The Sonoma Spiel, Kendall…
- Bruncherias & Where Else to Eat in Sonoma: Restaurant Discoveries with Heather Irwin (plus Milkshakes!) · 1 t 8 min · Sesong 1 Episode 177Come hungry: Sonoma Magazine dining editor Heather Irwin returns to The Sonoma Spiel for a lively conversation about Sonoma Valley and Sonoma County restaurants, food trends, and…
- Jimi Good of Oak Hill Farm: Pumpkins, Produce & a Trebuchet · 1 t 2 min · Sesong 1 Episode 176Jimi Good grows food at Oak Hill Farm in Glen Ellen, but around October, well all know him as “the pumpkin guy.” Jimi joins The Sonoma Spiel to tell the story of Pumpkin Day…
- Behind the Bell of the Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley with Paul Hendricks · 1 t 2 min · Sesong 1 Episode 175What does it take to drive a trolley full of wine tasters around Sonoma Valley—and keep everyone informed and entertained along the way? Paul Hendricks of the Sonoma Valley Wine…
- Sonoma Pumpkin Spice Episode 2026: The Revenge of AllSpice + Fall Preview | Michelle & Mark · 1 t 7 min · Sesong 1 Episode 174Pumpkin patches, grape stomps, haunted wineries—and a pumpkin-spice taste test nobody asked for! Michelle Lacy of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau and Mark Bodenhamer of the…
- BONUS! 2026 Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival Guide with Robyn Sebastiani · 21 min · Sesong 1 Episode 173The Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival returns September 24–27, 2026, and Robyn Sebastiani of the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance joins Tim Zahner with everything you…
- Vintner, Vendor, Soldier, Spy: Peter Sichel's Journey from Nazi Germany to CIA to wine merchant | Bettina Sichel · 56 min · Sesong 1 Episode 172Peter Sichel escaped Nazi Germany, joined the U.S. Army after Pearl Harbor, worked for the OSS during World War II and became a CIA station chief in Berlin at the dawn of the…
- Pickles & Fermentation with Sam Paone of Golden State Pickle Works · 1 t 0 min · Sesong 1 Episode 171What turns a cucumber into a naturally fermented pickle—and how is that different from simply adding vinegar? Sam Paone, founder of Golden State Pickle Works and Collective…
- Military Honor on Trial: General Joseph Hooker’s Sonoma Scandal | Travis Wagner · 54 min · Sesong 1 Episode 170Long before Joseph Hooker became a prominent Union general, he was stationed in Gold Rush-era Sonoma, where a bitter dispute with Army engineer and humorist George H. Derby led…
- Codi Binkley on B&V Sonoma, the Codi Burger, Music and a Pirate Flag · 53 min · Sesong 1 Episode 169B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille co-owner Codi Binkley joins the Sonoma Spiel to talk about transforming a vacant Sonoma Plaza building into a restaurant, growing up in a family of…
- Gundlach Bundschu: 168 Years of Sonoma Wine with Katie Bundschu · 1 t 2 min · Sesong 1 Episode 168Six generations, 168 harvests and one unforgettable six-wheeled vineyard vehicle: Katie Bundschu shares the story of Gundlach Bundschu, California’s oldest family-owned winery…
- Free Live Music on Sonoma Plaza | Melissa Bingham of Music in Place · 53 min · Sesong 1 Episode 167Every Sunday afternoon, Sonoma Plaza becomes one of Wine Country's best live-music venues—and the concerts are free. Melissa Bingham, Executive Director of Music in Place, joins…
- Postcards from Dvořák with Eric Zivian and Viola Player Rose Nellis | Valley of the Moon Music Festival · 53 min · Sesong 1 Episode 166Antonín Dvořák traveled from Bohemia to Vienna, England, Russia and the United States—and the people, places and musical traditions he encountered helped shape his work. Valley…
- From Las Vegas Theater Kid to Sonoma Wine Host: Chris Schreiner of Platt Vineyard · 58 min · Sesong 1 Episode 165Chris Schreiner of Platt Vineyard joins The Sonoma Spiel for a conversation that starts with peaches in Sonoma Valley and winds its way through Las Vegas, theater kids, Pinot…
- Green Music Center’s Summer Concerts, Movies & Fireworks in Sonoma County · 55 min · Sesong 1 Episode 164Summer nights at the Green Music Center are built for picnics on the lawn, big-name concerts, family movies, fireworks, and that unmistakable feeling of hearing live music under…
- Escape the Wine Road: Beth Costa on Bubbles, Wine Events and Why Can't We Work Together, People... · 1 t 1 min · Sesong 1 Episode 163Beth Costa brought bubbles, stories and 26 years of Wine Road wisdom to the Sonoma Spiel. After more than two decades leading Wine Road in Northern Sonoma County, Beth Costa has…
- Temptations Under the Stars: Broadway Bash in Sonoma with Mama Mia, Radio Recall & Ain't Too Proud · 47 min · Sesong 1 Episode 162Summer in Sonoma already comes with a lot going for it. Add Broadway songs, live musicians, oak trees, a picnic, a glass of wine, and a stage under the evening sky, and you’re in…
- Cat Smith on the Sonoma Community Center, Scream, Pride, Art, and the Secret Garden · 59 min · Sesong 1 Episode 161The Sonoma Community Center is one of those places that keeps surprising people. It’s an old school building that became Woodsboro High in Scream, a place where horror fans still…
