Three Sticks Wines hosts private luncheons and dinners with wine pairings, and reception-style events for 15 to 125 guests, at the Vallejo-Casteñada Adobe in downtown Sonoma, California. The largest format is a buyout of the whole property, while smaller groups take a semi-private part of the adobe or a seated meal in the Adobe Storehouse.
Rooms and capacities
Events are sold in five formats. The Private Luncheon is a family-style lunch with wine pairings in the Adobe Storehouse, served from 11:30 am. The Private Dinner is a three-course meal in the same room, family-style or plated, with guests arriving at 6 pm and sitting down at 6:30 pm. The site does not state a seated capacity for the Storehouse.
For standing receptions, the Gathering takes 15 to 30 guests in a semi-private area of the adobe between 11 am and 5 pm. The Celebration takes 30 to 60 guests in a larger semi-private space between 11 am and 8 pm. The Legacy format is a full buyout of the property for 60 to 125 guests over a three-hour block. These formats suit a client reception, a team celebration after a Napa and Sonoma tour, a milestone birthday or a gathering of wine club members. A deposit secures the date, and wine club members receive preferred terms on the site fee.
Catering
The luncheon menu is farm to table and seasonal, prepared by Chef Brooke, and the dinner menu is written to show the wines. For the reception formats, wine is served either per guest or by consumption depending on the format chosen. Three Sticks grows the grapes for every bottle it makes on its own estate vineyards, six in all, starting with Durell Vineyard where the winery began.
History and setting
Captain Salvador Vallejo built the adobe in 1842. He was the brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, who commanded the northern frontier of Mexican California from Sonoma. The building is a recognized landmark in the town. Bill and Eva Price bought it in 2012 and ran a two-year preservation project with the builders Prema, working with Sonoma historians and the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation. San Francisco designer Ken Fulk and his team created the interiors, and Sonoma landscape architect Penney Magrane designed the gardens around the house. Visits outside private events are by appointment only, and the winery also runs a calendar of release parties and seasonal events at the adobe.
Getting there
The adobe stands at 143 West Spain Street, in the historic center of Sonoma, a short walk from Sonoma Plaza and its restaurants and hotels, which makes it easy to pair an event with an overnight stay in town. Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport is the closest airport, and San Francisco and Oakland international airports are about an hour away by road. There is no passenger rail station in Sonoma itself, so groups usually arrive by car or chartered coach.
