I’m Mike Cleary with a postcard from Sonoma Country. Each weekday here at this website, and on your favorite radio station, I’ll have news and information about Sonoma Country along with some stories of my own adventures in this glorious playground.

I’m a great fan of wine clubs. The obvious advantage for members is having first dibs on many sought after wines that seldom if ever reach the retail market.

Did you know the Village Inn on the Russian River was the setting for the scenes in the Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire classic “Holiday Inn?”

In most of my postcards I’ve talked about all the recreational activities that appeal to everybody. There’s also the rich cultural side of Sonoma Country.

Sonoma Coast is a cool wine-growing region, famous for producing wines with remarkable personality. It’s also a spectacular and beautiful part of Sonoma Country.

Fifteen years ago in Bill Watterson’s final Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip, the wiser than wise six year-old and his stuffed tiger awaken to a new year and a fresh carpet of snow.