. SingleThread s co-owners, Katina and Kyle Connaughton, share an apple amazake, a non-alcoholic aperitif that they make with Sonoma Gravenstein apples. (Photography by Patricia Chang) In Sonoma County, SingleThread serves a refreshing taste of Japan (with a spritz of Wine Country)
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Apr 15, 2021
Sonoma seeps through SingleThread s every pore. It s in the farm s heirloom Gravenstein apples and cabernet vines. It s in the dining room s clay-tiled walls and local burl wood oshibori trays. It s bottled in the wine and cooked within the kitchen s Japanese donabe pots. I think so much of what we do is informed by our sense of place, says Katina Connaughton, SingleThread s co-owner (along with her chef-husband Kyle Connaughton) and head farmer and florist. Not to say that we couldn t do a version of SingleThread in southern California, but it wouldn t be the same. There s so much biodiversity here in this county that ranges from the land to the sea and I thi