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Celebrating St. Paddy’s in wine country: It’s easy being green on March 17

For some of us there is always the question of what St. Patrick’s Day is for, other than a chance to drink beer and eat corned beef and cabbage. Who really needs to know more than that?

Healdsburg Happenings, Nov. 21

Holiday Nutcrackers on display
A workshop on the art of wreath-making, crafting personal holiday pieces chock-full of fragrant Sonoma County evergreens. Learn during the two-hour class, and leave with a handcrafted wreath. $145 including premium wines and gourmet culinary snacks from Chef Charlie Palmer, on Nov. 21 and Nov. 23.

Sonoma Film Institute Presents Restored ‘Portrait of Jason’ Film

On the night of Dec. 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film. There, for 12 straight hours, they filmed the one-and-only Jason Holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The result is a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man, who is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.

THE FISHING REPORT

Is there anything more priceless than seeing a kids face when he

THE FISHING REPORT

Not more than five minutes into the first drift of the day, I

The Fishing Report: Jack salmon back in huge numbers

The Pacific Coast Management Council has totaled up the Central valley returning salmon and the findings are somewhat conflicting. Returning adults totaled just 122,000 fish. This was far less that the projected escapement numbers of 377,000. However the Jack Salmon return was off the charts with an amazing (unbelievable) 70,000 2 year olds that made their way back to Central Valley Rivers. If the PFMC uses the previous model to project out the total number of salmon available for harvest, that number would be over 2 million fish available to catch and an all-time record. But before you get too giddy and go out and buy a new boat for the upcoming salmon season, I would caution you that the PFMC has been wildly in accurate as to their projections in the past. Also one of the problems believing these numbers is that last fall we didn't see any of those fish in our salmon sport catch. If there were truly millions of 1-2 year old fish swimming around one would certainly surmise that we would have caught a whole bunch of Shakers in August and September. But that didn't come to pass. There are many reasons to believe that the increased Jack count is a result of the trucking that was done last year to avoid the pumps and predators abut that has been ceased. I would be cautiously optimistic about our Ocean salmon season and hold off on buying that new boat just yet.

Connoisseurs and crowds expected for Barrel Tasting

Our late winter Barrel Tasting weekend(s) offer more proof that there is no finite list of ways to enjoy wine and all its associated pleasures and sensory experiences.

A few Wine & Food events

Thirty wineries of the Russian River Wine Road

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