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Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot Park

Bastille Day is Monday/14 July 2025 and the Valley of the Moon Petanque Club will be hosting a small tournament in Depot Park to celebrate.  If you are interested in playing, please arrive before 10:00am to sign up.

Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789 by revolutionaries; this would become […]

Celebrate Bastille Day at Depot Park2025-07-08T21:58:36-07:00

Celebrating the First Sonoma Sister City

On 14 December 1959, the City of Sonoma and the City of Chambolle-Musigny (France) became the first in what would be a robust line of Sister City relationships.

On 14 December 2024, Sonoma Mayor John Gurney issued a Proclamation paying tribute to the beginning of the Sister City connection.  Here’s looking back and looking forward to […]

Celebrating the First Sonoma Sister City2025-06-24T20:54:57-07:00

City of Sonoma Issues Proclamation

On April 2, 2025, Mayor Patricia Farrar-Rivas issued an official proclamation  recognizing SSCA on the occasion of the organization’s 65th anniversary, which occurred on December 24th, 1959, when the first sister-city relationship for Sonoma was formed with Chambolle-Musigny of France.  SSCA is grateful and very much appreciative of this honor.

City of Sonoma Issues Proclamation2025-06-03T21:03:25-07:00

Visitors from Chambolle-Musigny Enjoy Sonoma Hospitality

The Sonoma/Chambolle-Musigny Sister City Committee welcomed visitors from France in mid-July.  Renowned Vintner Francois Millet and his wife Michelle enjoyed  games of Petanque and a tour/tasting at VJB Winery, courtesy of Committee C0-Chair Vic Aul.  Francois and Michelle are visiting with producers of pinot noir  throughout California, Oregon, and Washington during their six week visit […]

Visitors from Chambolle-Musigny Enjoy Sonoma Hospitality2024-07-29T20:49:41-07:00

St. Vincent Torney Wine Competition Returns to Chambolle-Musigny in 2024

History Repeats Itself:  Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Chambolle-Musigny for the St. Vincent Torney 2024, an historical wine competition, the first of which was held in 1938 in Chambolle-Musigny, our French Sister City.

The competition/festival was held this past weekend, and we hope to have pictures from this amazing event from some Sonomans […]

St. Vincent Torney Wine Competition Returns to Chambolle-Musigny in 20242024-01-29T19:52:38-08:00

French Students Tour The Plaza with SSCA President George Mckale

On an overcast Saturday in April of 2019, SSCA sponsored a lunch and historic tour of the Plaza, to 30 students and teachers visiting from Limoges, France. The students were hosted by the Sonoma Valley High School Agricultural Technology Academy for a two-week visit. SSCA provided Mary’s Pizza, quiche, cookies and drinks. The semi-rainy outdoor […]

French Students Tour The Plaza with SSCA President George Mckale2019-09-15T20:12:32-07:00

Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee  August Activities – What a Month!

The Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee invites you to participate in any, and all, of the following events:

August 13

Sonoma Stompers vs Pittsburg Diamonds Fundraiser on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 6:00 pm.  The game will be held at Peoples Home Equity Ballpark at Arnold Field, 180 First Street West.   Tickets are $14 each with […]

Sonoma-Greve in Chianti Sister City Committee  August Activities – What a Month!2017-08-02T22:09:20-07:00

Apply for 2017 Henri & Ivy Cardinaux Scholarship Now

Chamson, a member of Sonoma Sister Cites Association, is now accepting applications for the 2017 Henry and Ivy Cardinaux Scholarship award.  The value of this award is $2000. Applications can be found by clicking here.

This scholarship, now it its fifteenth award year, was established to help a deserving applicant experience French culture in […]

Apply for 2017 Henri & Ivy Cardinaux Scholarship Now2017-04-04T20:21:40-07:00

A Message to Our French Friends – We Are Grieving with You

A Message to Our French Friends
It is with a heavy heart that we watch the tragic events in Paris unfold this evening. Every news announcement tells of more innocent lives lost. Our prayers are with our French friends in Chambolle Musigny and all the French people. We too are in disbelief and are unfortunately familiar […]

A Message to Our French Friends – We Are Grieving with You2015-11-15T21:40:14-08:00

Remembering Ivy Cardinaux

Our dear friend and long time Chamson member, Ivy Cardinaux, passed away September 2, 2015. She was 92 years old. In 1987, Ivy began dedicating her time to the sister city relationship with Chambolle Musigny. By volunteering to prepare French dishes for countless fundraisers like the Soups of France and the Bastille Day parties, she […]

Remembering Ivy Cardinaux2017-04-04T20:21:42-07:00

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