Micro Beer Breweries
Welcome to the wine country... have a beer! Did you know the wine country is also known for its amazing micro breweries and craft beer? In fact, the very first commercial micro beer brewery started in the wine country just blocks off the Sonoma Plaza back in 1976. If you love craft beer and want to see what kind of cool and unique micro breweries there are throughout the Northern California wine country, then you're in the right place! Cheers!
The entire industry of craft beer and micro breweries as we know them today, began in the little town of Sonoma, California back in 1976 by a man with a vision named Jack McAuliffe, aka "The Father Of Craft Beer". His vision inspired all of the great craft beer breweries that followed. This is his story told by Boston Beer founder, Jim Koch.

