I Heart Sonoma: How to Live & Drink in Wine Country

by Daedalus Howell

When writer Daedalus Howell left Hollywood and returned to his native Sonoma County in Northern California, he expected to find the rural, rolling hills of his youth. Instead he found the landscape quilted with vineyards, dotted with tasting rooms and calling itself “Wine County.”

Howell soon embarked on a journey of words and wine to find out just exactly what that means. What he discovered is a Sonoma that is as confounding as it is enchanting. In these personal essays collected from his award-winning columns, Howell recounts his experience both “through a wine glass, darkly” and rosé-tinted glasses. The result is a fine blend of hilarity, heart and hangovers.

“’I Heart Sonoma’ pokes fun at just about every aspect of wine country life, from the unspoken Napa-Sonoma feud to ‘the lethality of wine and yoga pairings.’” – Press Democrat

Winner "Best Humorous Column," National Newspaper Association.

227 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Daedalus Howell is the editor of the Pacific Sun and North Bay Bohemian newspapers. He is the writer-director of the feature film Pill Head and the author, most recently, of Quantum Deadline. His mordant wit and penchant for plot twists will next reveal themselves in a new crime (fiction) series.

Reviews

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daedalus Howell is strange very strange!! Good read!

[Ian Martyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who frequently visits Sonoma but not ever lived there, I absolutely loved this book that is full of humor and local anecdotes. I usually don't go for comedy books, but Howell's writing really resonated with me in a way that kept me laughing with each ridiculous tale. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves Sonoma, especially those of us who indulge in the wine and food culture that has blossomed up there.