North Bay Business Journal

Honore Comfort, Sonoma County Vintners: ‘Not just another wine tasting’

  Can you tell us a little bit about yourself ?  Sonoma County Vintners Executive Director since 2006. I have collaborated with multiple local organizations on complex projects. Working with the Winegrape Commission, I created the Presidents’ Council, a body of community and industry leaders that meets regularly to address issues and opportunities that support [...]

Raydiance founder, former AOL CEO to address Impact Sonoma

SONOMA COUNTY — Raydiance founder and chairman  Barry Schuler will be the keynote speaker at the The Business Journal’s upcoming annual Impact Sonoma conference, where he and other key business and government leaders will sound off on their respective visions for Sonoma County. The speakers range from numerous sectors considered vital to the county’s future [...]

Vantreo wins eighth trade association endorsement

SANTA ROSA — Vantreo Insurance Brokerage was endorsed by a 900-member trade association for offering specialty coverage, bringing the total number of such endorsements to eight professional groups from various industries. The California Healthcare Interpreters Association is the latest to recommend the Santa Rosa-based insurer as a brokerage with enough specialty experience to cater to [...]

After Hours: Sonoma County Vintners and Luxury Marketing Council workshop / Easter Seals of Northern California Golf Classic

July 22, 2010: Sonoma County Vintners and Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco presented “How to sell luxury wine in today’s marketplace — an advanced survival school for wine marketers” at Jacuzzi Winery / July 30, 2010: The 22nd annual Easter Seals of Northern California Golf Classic was produced and hosted by Century 21 NorthBay Alliance at Oakmont Golf Club in Santa Rosa.

Sonoma County wine labeling effort advances

SONOMA COUNTY — A bid to make the Sonoma County name a standard descriptive feature on all wines made from grapes grown in its winegrowing regions, called conjunctive labeling, reached a significant stage today as grower and winery trade groups reached consensus to back state legislation this year to make it happen.

Leaders of Sonoma County Vintners,

Winery group seeks ‘Sonoma Co.’ label law

SANTA ROSA – The Sonoma County Vintners trade group on Jan. 20 started a campaign to get state legislation that would require labels mentioning any viticultural area within the county to also include “Sonoma County.”

Seeing an uptick, tourism officials look forward

SONOMA COUNTY – As tourism statistics indicate the sector is on the rise, the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau will commence its first, three-year strategic plan, including more tech marketing, a larger home office and additional satellite locations on the East Coast and abroad.