ARTISANS & PURVEYORS

Rancho Gordo started with Steve Sandoʼs frustration with not being able to find fresh, ripe, flavorful tomatoes.

When he was only three years old, Peter Seghesioʼs father began teaching him how to cure salumi and make sausages.

As a multigenerational, women-owned, and family-run business, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company makes its mission not only to produce incredibly great cheese in Marin and Sonoma counties but also to create a work environment that is both equitable and respectful.

We count Mad Fritz Brewery and Malthouse beers—brewed right up the street from Oakville Grocery in St. Helena as one of our favorite local additions to our beer selection.

At his San Franciscobased Bayview Pasta, Sonoma County native Joshua Felciano has mastered the art of crafting delicious, smallbatch pastas from his own fresh-milled flour.

From bonbons to bars, the jewel-toned edible works of art at this Napa Valley–based chocolate boutique are the benchmark of balance and technical perfection.

When most people think of the Model Bakery, a mainstay in Napa for over ninety years, the first thing that comes to mind are its pillowy English muffins. Visitors making the trek from all over the country for a bag of these baked goods put Model on the map of national food destinations.

When heʼs not playing his electric guitar, founder Derek Bromley is busy running Ohm Coffee Roasters, a hard- rocking coffee producer based in Napa. The name comes from “a measure of electrical resistance-something electrified and amplified.”