LET’S GET DEEP: Values-Driven Local Businesses

Thursday, March 6th, 2025 | 6:00-8:30 pm | UpValley

Hosted by The Future Collective, a Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund movement designed to cultivate Sonoma Valley’s new generation of community leaders.

Join us for a ticketed dinner and panel discussion between young, values-driven local business owners Sam Coturri, Winery Sixteen600, Erinn Benziger-Weiswasser, Glen Ellen Star, and Lauren Feldman, Valley Bar + Bottle, moderated by Elaine Chukan Brown on community-minded business practices that promote resilience and how, together, we can shape a rejuvenated and regenerative Sonoma economy.

The event will feature a 4-course menu with wine pairings that showcases the principled sourcing that aims to close the loop on our local regenerative economic system and retain the value of purchased goods within the loop of our community utilizing local farmers that prioritize the land and the humans to the same level that we do.

$148/person (includes food + wine) before tax + gratuity

a dance of two

Like life itself, the best meals are experienced together. This Valleytine’s Day, our Pas de Deux prix fixe dinner invites you to indulge in dishes meant to be shared––a dance of two, if you will.

Inspired by the intimacy of a classic French brasserie, the evening will speak to wholeness, and to the simple pleasures of good food and good company. Whether you're toasting to romantic union or the bond of friendship, we hope you’ll join us for a night filled with warmth, abundance, and connection to whoever’s across the table.

Dinner will be $65 per person (tax, gratuity & beverages not included). Please let us know in advance of any dietary restrictions in your group for best accommodation!

MAMBO ITALIANO: A VERY VALLEY NEW YEAR’S EVE

Tuesday, December 31st | 5pm - 10pm (open late!)

We’re opening our doors on a Tuesday to close out the year, Mambo Italiano style!

For this special New Year’s celebration we will be serving a retro, Italian-American inspired prix-fixe feast, family-style, for $65/person. There will be Champagne, festive beverages and an Italian wine pairing available for plenty of cheer(s) to ring in the New Year!

Please let us know in advance of any dietary restrictions in your group for best accommodation. Book your table via Tock below (either indoors or on our tented & heated patio) and don’t forget to dress to impress Louis Prima and Sophia Loren. 

Le nouveau est arrivé!

Thursday, November 21st from 5-9pm

On the evening of the 21st of November, we will be part of a collaborative Nouveau celebration on the Sonoma Plaza from 5-9 pm. Nouveau wines are the fresh releases of a current vintage, festive wines meant to be enjoyed young.

Alongside Dos’ Bar, Extradimensional Wine Co Yeah!, and the Darling Wines tasting room, we will be releasing a selection of these vibrant wines grown and made in 2024. We encourage you to visit all four locations and try all the wines on debut. Wherever you begin the festivities, you will be given a flight map to track your tastes and bring along to the next tasting location. Turn your completed flight map in at the end for a prize!

At Valley, we will be serving several Beajoulais Nouveau from France, as well as new wines from local favorites Scribe Winery and Las Jaras Wines. We will have French bistro-inspired bites on the menu that evening in addition to our seasonal Valley classics. 

Santé!

valley to valley: an arden x valley takeover

Friday, November 8th, 2024 | 5 - 9pm

(This Upvalley experience has expanded to our regular restaurant service!)

The Willamette Valley is a winemaking region near and dear to our hearts. On Friday, November 8th we are excited to welcome Arden restaurant from Portland, Oregon for a menu of special, collaborative offerings highlighting regional, seasonal ingredients.

Alongside Arden’s owner Kelsey Glaser and chef Erik Van Kley we will be will be exploring the relationship between the Sonoma and the Willamette Valleys through the curated pairings of the classics—Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Guests will have the opportunity to taste wines from some of our favorite producers side-by-side and learn about the practices and predispositions that guide the resulting wines.

Camilla Marcus X VALLEY TAKEOVER

Sunday, October 27th from 5-9pm

On Sunday, October 27th we will be hosting Camilla Marcus for the release of her cookbook, My Regenerative Kitchen.

Camilla began her career alongside our own Lauren Feldman in New York City, at the tiny West Village restaurant dell’Anima. She then went on an ambitious journey in hospitality with an impossibly impressive CV that we won’t pretend to fully recount here—that’s what the book is for!—but includes an arduous stint with Union Square Hospitality, the opening of her own West Village restaurant, west~bourne, and a return to her native Los Angeles where her products and regenerative culinary mission are in full focus.

Camilla is a connector of humans and ideas, someone who inspires creativity and change in a field that has in many aspects lost its way. We are excited to bring her to Valley for a conspiratorial night of flavors, ideas and conversations and we welcome friends old and new to join us!

Expect an a lá carte menu with collaborative dishes inspired by My Regenerative Kitchen. Cookbooks available onsite!

AGI’S COUNTER X VALLEY

Sunday, October 6th, 2024

Join us for a special collaborative dinner to celebrate the launch of the Second Generation Cookbook with Chef Jeremy Salamon, the driving force behind Brooklyn-based Agi's Counter.

The evening will feature a prix-fixe menu priced at $65/guest, highlighting Salamon’s updated takes on Eastern European classics with a Sonoma Valley touch.

Cookbooks will be available onsite for purchase + signing!

Tax, gratuity, and beverages are additional. Reservations available below via TOCK.

ABOUT SECOND GENERATION

Second Generation covers not just main and side dishes, but desserts, drinks, noshes, pantry staples, and remedies—the secret recipes to reach for in times of need. With tips from a professional chef curated for the home cook, these recipes are streamlined and accessible for all levels of expertise in the kitchen.

This book is made for anyone, whether you hold Eastern-European flavors near or are looking to expand your weekly rotation. Second Generation is a testament to a grandmother’s wisdom, cooking from the heart, and sharing it with the next generation.

SON OF MAN X VALLEY ‘Etxeko’ CIDER LAUNCH PARTY

Monday, September 2nd | 5-9pm

We’ve long been inspired by the singular, Basque-style ciders made by our friends over at Son of Man, and are excited to celebrate the launch of an exclusive new wild fermented cider crafted with Valley in mind!

We’ll be cracking open our new house blend as a part of the launch of their ‘Etxeko’ series, featuring collaborations in the tradition of the Basque sociedades gastronómicas annual partnerships with ciderhouses in the region. 

Join us for cider by the glass or bottle and Spanish-inspired specials from the Valley kitchen––plus, a porrón pour or two if you’re lucky.

We will be doing coffee and breakfast take-away from downstairs during the parade hours and opening the restaurant from 11-3 for seated lunch.

Valley will be CLOSED FOR DINNER.

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The Valley Independence Day Celebration features a limited number of exclusive tickets to our UpValley Balcony at 9AM for parade viewing. $85/seat includes a breakfast bar and welcome splash of vino!

FRIENDS AND FAMILY X VALLEY

Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

We are thrilled to welcome Oakland’s Friends and Family for a collaborative dinner to celebrate Pride on Sunday, June 23rd!

Owner Blake Cole will be making festive low-abv cocktails, and chef Gaby Maeda—who we loved working with from her time at State Bird Provisions—will be bringing some of their F&F signature dishes [les eggs, anyone?] to share with our Sonoma community.

The evening will feature a collaborative prix-fixe menu priced at $65/person (tax, gratuity, and beverages additional).

Bring your friends, bring your family, bring your chosen family!

 KISMET X VALLEY

Monday, June 17th, 2024

We’re thrilled to be hosting Los Angeles’ Kismet co-chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson, for an exclusive one-night only dinner collaboration to celebrate the release of their first cookbook, Kismet! You can expect a fresh, vegetable-forward, California-meets-Mediterranean menu, including some longtime Kismet fan-favorites + some collaborative new treats.

Sara and Sarah are the chefs and co-owners of the vegetable-loving Kismet and Kismet Rotisserie in Los Angeles. Along with many local and national accolades, the two were named Food & Wine Best New Chefs in 2017, were proclaimed Chefs of the Year by Eater LA, and Kismet was nominated for a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2018. In addition to being sustainability-minded regarding their sourcing and operations, they focus on creating inclusive spaces that serve their teams as well as the broader community.

Books will be available to purchase at the restaurant and Sara + Sarah will be on site to sign copies that evening!

This will be a collaborative, prix-fixe menu priced at $85/person (tax, gratuity, and beverages additional). Book your seats using the link below!

Ruth lewandowski x valley

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

We never miss a chance to hang out with and share the wines of Ruth Lewandowski.

Luckily, this winemaker takeover is becoming its own special series over the years, and we couldn't be more thrilled about it! Winemakers Evan and Sarah will be in house for a celebration of their 2024 Spring Release.

Come try everything––available by the taste, glass and bottle. 

CUlture wine co x valley

Monday, May 20th, 2024

Join us in welcoming two exceptional South African winemakers to the Sonoma Valley—Melissa Genevieve Nelsen of Genevieve MCC and Kiara Scott of Brookdale Estate—brought to you by Culture Wine Co, founded to enhance the representation of South African wine in the US and share the stories of the extraordinary people behind them.

We’ll be featuring wines from their portfolio as a special by-the-glass menu takeover, with limited by-the-bottle and retail availability.

The Valley kitchen will be integrating South African cooking—particularly drawing attention to the region’s Cape Malay heritage—into the menu for the night.

 FIFTH TASTE SAKE X VALLEY

Monday, April 15th, 2024

Join us for another great Valley takeover, hosted by Paul Chung of Fifth Taste Sake.

This unique collaboration will feature 5 distinct styles of artisanal sakes—tastes, by the glass, by the bottle—as well as an a la carte menu of Japanese-inspired cuisine (in addition to your favorite classic Valley fare).