Recent Sonoma County Accolades

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  SingleThread Farm Restaurant & Inn

  The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, featuring entries from around the globe, awarded Petaluma-based Barber Lee Spirits Absinthe Blanche “Best of Class” at its 2022 awards gala held at the Ritz Carlton San Francisco in June.
• Healdsburg’s SingleThread Farm Restaurant & Inn was the only California restaurant to make this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list at a live announcement ceremony held in London in July.
• Windsor’s Bricoleur Vineyards was a winner in the 2022 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best New Winery in America in August.
• Sonoma County Tourism was the winner of the U.S. Travel Association’s 2022 Destiny Award, taking top honors in the digital marketing campaign category at the annual ESTO (Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations) conference, which took place August 6-9 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Awards were presented for excellence in local and regional destination marketing and inspiring visitation, a critical component to the continued recovery of the travel industry.
• Sonoma County Tourism won the PRism Award for Media Relations - Consumer Products and Services for “Life Opens Up” in Sonoma County: Immersive Press Trip and another PRism Award for Integrated Communications: Reawakening the Spirit of Travel in Sonoma County. PRism Awards honor exceptional public relations activities from a diverse mix of businesses, industries, and backgrounds.
• Sonoma County Tourism was a finalist for the prestigious Visit California 2022 Poppy Award for Best Public Relations Campaign. The award considers what destination puts storytelling front and center and supports marketing initiatives with invaluable earned media. The category recognizes the best use of earned media and media activations to draw attention to destinations, businesses, and special events. Fellow California destination nominees included Travel Paso and Visit Eureka.
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  Sonoma County Tourism took home two 2022 Silver Adrian Awards – for Digital Marketing: as well as for the organization’s Recovery Campaign. The Adrian Awards, presented by Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), recognizes excellence in travel marketing, including advertising, digital, public relations/communications, and integrated campaigns.

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