many argue that arthurs day is the brainchild of the big corporation now behind guinnessdiageo some say that they have created this day to make their dizzying profits go even higher that is true but it was and still is a brilliant idea dont knock arthurs day its part of being irish wine travel is always a voyage of discovery as much as we like to plan our trips we sometimes like to ditch the agenda and find out the secrets that a region has to offer a recent trip to californias sonoma county gave us everything we have come to expect from wine country beautiful vistas of rolling hills covered with grapevines handcrafted meals cooked with precision and glass upon glass of exquisitely made wines sonoma california farm to table and grape to glass