Windsor is an incorporated town in Sonoma County,California,United States. The town is 9 miles north of Santa Rosa and 63 miles north of San Francisco. The population was 26,344 as of the 2020 census.
Wine Country is a region of California,in the northern San Francisco Bay Area,known worldwide as a premier wine-growing region. The region is famed for its wineries,its cuisine,Michelin star restaurants,boutique hotels,luxury resorts,historic architecture,and culture. Viticulture and wine-making have been practiced in the region since the Spanish missionaries from Mission San Francisco Solano established the first vineyards in 1812.
Michael Dominic Chiarello was an American celebrity chef,restauranteur,and businessperson,who was known for Italian-influenced California cuisine. He hosted the cooking TV shows Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello on Food Network,and NapaStyle on Fine Living Network. He was the owner of a tapas restaurant named Coqueta and an Italian restaurant named Bottega and has locations in Napa Valley,California and San Francisco,California. He was a competitor on the fourth season of The Next Iron Chef.
The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Native Americans. They were recognized in the late 1980s,as lineal descendants of the two families who lived at the Lytton Rancheria in Healdsburg,California from 1937 to about 1960. The tribe now has around 275 enrolled members. It has a casino in San Pablo,California,and has proposed to build housing for tribe members,plus a winery and a hotel,just west of Windsor,California,in Sonoma County.
John Muir Health is a hospital network headquartered in Walnut Creek,California and serving Contra Costa County,California and surrounding communities. It was formed in 1997 from the merger of John Muir Medical Center and Mount Diablo Medical Center.
Donald Wren Kimball was a Roman Catholic priest with a radio ministry directed toward youth,until he was removed from the priesthood over allegations of sexual abuse.
Russian River Brewing Company is a brewery and brewpub in downtown Santa Rosa,California,with a second location in Windsor. The company is known for strong India pale ales and sour beers.
J. Lohr Vineyards &Wines is a winemaking company headquartered in San Jose,California,with over 4,000 acres of estate vineyards in the Paso Robles AVA in San Luis Obispo County,Arroyo Seco and Santa Lucia Highlands AVAs in Monterey County,and the St. Helena AVA in Napa Valley,California. The family-owned and operated company was founded by Jerry Lohr in 1974. The company operates wineries in San Jose,Paso Robles,and Greenfield,California. In 2013,Steve Lohr was appointed CEO of the company. J. Lohr Vineyards &Wines’product portfolio includes eight tiers of wine:J. Lohr Signature,J. Lohr Cuvée Series,J. Lohr Vineyard Series,J. Lohr Gesture,J. Lohr Pure Paso Proprietary Red Wine,J. Lohr Monterey Roots,J. Lohr Estates and ARIEL Vineyards. The portfolio also includes specialty brands Cypress Vineyards and Painter Bridge. J. Lohr ranks among the top 25 wine producers in the United States,with annual US sales exceeding 1.8 million cases.
Sonoma County wine is wine made in Sonoma County,California,in the United States.
The Sonoma Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County,California which centers on the Sonoma Valley in the southern portion of the county. The name 'Sonoma' means 'Valley of the Moon' in the local Native American dialect. The appellation is bordered by two mountain ranges:the Mayacamas Mountains to the east and the Sonoma Mountains to the west.
Windsor Vineyards is a winery located in Windsor,California,United States. It is one of the largest direct-to-consumer wineries in the United States.
Sean Haley Thackrey was an American winemaker based in the town of Bolinas in Marin County,California. Prior to winemaking,he was a director of an art gallery. Thackrey has been described as having been an unconventional winemaker who did pioneering work in promoting California Syrah.
Farrah Abraham is an American reality television personality,singer,pornographic actress,and writer. Born and raised in Council Bluffs,Iowa,she received public attention after being cast in the reality television series 16 and Pregnant in 2009,which documented the pregnancies and first months of motherhood for several young women. Later that year,she was cast in the spin-off series Teen Mom,and appeared in each of its four seasons until its conclusion in 2012. That August,she released her debut studio album and first memoir,both of which were titled My Teenage Dream Ended. The book made it onto The New York Times bestseller list.
Cline Cellars Winery is a family owned and operated winery located in the Carneros wine appellation of Sonoma County,California that specializes in Zinfandels,Rhône-style wines,Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Alexandria Nicole Cellars is a Washington winery that specializes in making estate wine from its Destiny Ridge Vineyard located in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. Founded in 2001 by Jarrod and Ali Boyle,the winery expanded to include tasting rooms in Prosser,Washington and Woodinville wine country where it is housed in the historic Hollywood Schoolhouse that was built in 1912 and designated as a King County,Washington landmark in 1992. In 2011,Alexandria Nicole was named the Washington Winery of the Year by ″Wine Press Northwest″,the wine publication arm of the Tri-City Herald.
The Tubbs Fire was a wildfire in Northern California during October 2017. At the time,the Tubbs Fire was the most destructive wildfire in California history,burning parts of Napa,Sonoma,and Lake counties,inflicting its greatest losses in the city of Santa Rosa. Its destructiveness was surpassed only a year later by the Camp Fire of 2018. The Tubbs Fire was one of more than a dozen large fires that broke out in early October 2017,which were simultaneously burning in eight Northern California counties,in what was called the "Northern California firestorm". By the time of its containment on October 31,the fire was estimated to have burned 36,810 acres (149 km2);at least 22 people were believed to have been killed in Sonoma County by the fire.
Tenants and Owners Development Corporation,also known as TODCO,is a nonprofit organization that owns eight low-income apartment buildings in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco,California. Founded to oppose the redevelopment of the Yerba Buena corridor,the organization is a prominent and influential opponent of housing construction in San Francisco.
Sheng Thao is an American politician who is the 51st and current mayor of Oakland,California. She is the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States. She was elected as mayor of Oakland in 2022 and started her term in January 2023.
Geoff Kruth is an American wine professional. He founded and was president of GuildSomm,a nonprofit that helps prepare candidates for the Master Sommelier exam,and was featured in the 2012 documentary SOMM as an expert on the process of becoming certified as a Master Sommelier.
Charles Bundschu,was a German-born winemaker and leader among German-American citizens in San Francisco. Bundschu was part of the family that owns and operates the Gundlach Bundschu winery,located in Sonoma,California. The winery,established in 1858,is one of the oldest continuously family-owned wineries in California. Bundschu played an important role in maintaining and developing the winery through challenging times,including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
