The Sonoma Spiel
Funny interviews and insider secrets from chefs, winemakers, farmers, artists and more, plus hot deals, shocking history and everything else about Sonoma Valley in California’s wine country. Plus we answer your questions during ”We Get Questions!”
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
I'm on a community... radio: KSVY at 20 years with James Marshall Berry and Bob Taylor
From Kenwood to Carneros, to Santa Rosa and Petaluma and Napa and more - coming to you LIVE and IN YOUR HEAD at THOUSANDS OF WATTS of RADIO POWER - it's KSVY-FM!
Bob Taylor and James Marshall Berry…
Beau Bridges, chef Susan Feniger, Ethan Hawke, Luc Besson & Sonoma International Film Festival
Ginny Krieger from the Sonoma International Film Festival is back on the Sonoma Spiel podcast to talk all things film, food and wine. But this time, she's brought Carl Spence, artistic director and f…
Cannabis in Wine Country: Van Solkov talks education, tours and agriculture
Van Solkov of Happy Traveler's Tours came by the Sonoma Spiel podcast to talk cannabis growing in Sonoma Valley, how tours of farms and dispensaries serve to educate and dispel myths as well as updat…
Something's growing in Glen Ellen: Jeannie Perales of Sonoma Botanical Garden
Jeannie Perales, new director of the Sonoma Botanical Garden, put down her pruning shears and stopped by the Sonoma Spiel to talk about their new upcoming summer program of concerts and the Ribbit Ex…
Trends start in San Francisco: Lynn Bruni-Perkins from SF Travel talks creativity, culture and The City
San Francisco is an hour from Sonoma Valley and the majority of visitors to Sonoma Valley usually make a stop in "The City" before heading up to wine country. This week, Lynn Bruni-Perkins of SF Trav…
Scream, chili, and pottery: Molly Spencer from Sonoma Community Center talks arts, wine and movies
Molly Spencer is with the Sonoma Community Center, a school building turned arts and culinary center complete with galleries and theater programs. She hops on the Sonoma Spiel podcast to talk ceramic…
Mom took cooking classes, now he's cooking with fire: Ari Weiswasser of Glen Ellen Star in Sonoma Valley
He was inspired to start cooking because his great aunt's awful Thanksgiving dinner spurned him to action, his first restaurant job was with three Lebanese brothers in Pennsylvania, and he left Manha…
Fun is Her Middle Name (Legally!): Heidi Geffen from Tiddle E. Winks on Good Times, Yiddish & Tchotchkes
Heidi Geffen founded Tiddle E. Winks just off the Sonoma Plaza as a place to find items of whimsy, fun and happiness. She stops by the Spiel to talk her journey from a rubber stamp saleswoman in LA t…
Food Was a Better Fit: From New York Fashion to Sonoma Cuisine - Lauren Feldman, Valley Bar + Bottle
Lauren Feldman (Valley Bar + Bottle and Valley Swim Club) joins us in the new year to talk all things food, wine, wellness and how she ended up leaving fashion for running front of the house at her r…
Euphoria in Sonoma: Lisa Carlsson talks wellness in Sonoma
Lisa Carlsson with Euphoria Retreats brings people around the world to find wellness- and she even made us take some calming breaths before we started the podcast.
Then she tells us about how she app…
Jalisco to Sonoma and Napa : Amelia Moran Ceja on wine, cooking, family
Ceja Vineyards makes high-end wines from world-class vineyards, but Amelia Ceja is remarkably approachable in her turn on the Sonoma Spiel podcast. She talks her journey from a young immigrant to Ame…
Jeweler in Sonoma: Margo Lowe of M. Lowe Jewelry talks baubles, bagels and Berkeley
Margo Lowe moved her jewelry store from Berkeley (just outside the gates of Cal - Go Bears!) to Sonoma (just across from the Plaza - Go Dragons!)
On a wide-ranging podcast she talks about her journ…
Best of Sonoma ”We Get Questions” - Redwoods, Dog-Friendly, Best Pizza & White Zinfandel
This week on the Sonoma Spiel we are looking back at some of the best of "We Get Questions" where we make our guests answer the questions we get from visitors.
Featured guests include Michelle Lacy…
Three wineries, one guy: Ryan Lely of Pangloss Cellars (and more)
We've got goldengroves unleaving, as fall is here and the vines are changing colors and winter is coming and the holidays beckon. Luckily to help us navigate the change and talk about Sonoma Valley i…
On Beyond Sonoma: Kelly Bass Seibel tells tales from beyond the Island!
Kelly Bass Seibel from Sonoma County Tourism joins the Sonoma Spiel podcast to talk about the great and wonderful world that exists beyond the borders of Sonoma Valley, and disavows us of the notion …
Everything from E-I-E-I-O: Farm sanctuary Charlie’s Acres with Kaleigh Rhoades
Kaleigh Rhoades came to Sonoma's Charlie's Acres from San Diego via a stint at UC-Berkeley (Go Bears!), an orangutan rescue in Borneo and a chimpanzee sanctuary in Oregon.
The mission at Charlie's …
When to join a wine club, and how I stopped writing about high school sports: Rob Lorenz of Talisman Wines
Rob Lorenz was going to be a sports journalist, but covering Atascadero high school sports as the writer, editor and photographer pushed him to slingin' juice, selling wine. A native of San Jose, he …
The Mayor, the Commissioner & the Algebra Teacher: Sandra Lowe talks her Sonoma
It's not often we get to talk to a mayor, a commissioner of a football league, a political organizer and a bilingual math teacher. But when we sat with Sandra Lowe, mayor of Sonoma, we got all of tha…
A Dream Wall in Sonoma: The Lodge at Sonoma, An Autograph Collection
Nicole Whitaker started out doing cold calls for AT&T back when customers leased their cell phones, and Erin McVicar has been in the wine and hospitality business around Sonoma Valley. They both are …
Best places to hike, camp and get outdoors: Brad Day of Weekend Sherpa in Sonoma Valley
Brad Day knows a thing or two about getting outside in California. For almost two decades, Brad and his wife Holly have helped locals find the right trails for hiking and biking and the best lakes fo…