Wine Words: Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas, a luminary of our modern day wine business, received the Sonoma County Winegrowers 2017 Nick Frey Community Contribution Award. Presented by President Kevin Barr at the annual January meeting, Kevin offered an historical perspective of Rich’s colorful career in agriculture.
Letters: Ideas to improve life in Healdsburg
"Visitors from California, the U.S. and around the world come to Healdsburg—yet our Plaza has no visible welcome or central place to answer their questions," begins one of two Letters we're publishing this week...
Last week’s news, tomorrow’s history
Not all weeks contain big or world-changing news. Very often it takes the passing of time for the news of the day to become part of our history lessons. Last week was certainly full of all kinds of news, but we’ll have to wait to see what kind of history might have been made.
Letters to the Editor, Oct. 11, 2018
We love to hear from readers. If you're interested in submitting a letter to the editor, please email editor Laura Hagar Rush at laura@sonomawest.com.
Wine Words: A love story
In January we lost one of our most celebrated agricultural leaders, Richard Kunde. Rich, and his beloved Saralee McClelland Kunde, both from multi-generational Sonoma County families, had the rich qualities of the place of which they were born.
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.
