SummerVine is still my favorite store in Sonoma, hands down! I had to write something after I saw the one bad review given, because I know what it's like to run a retail business and have tons of people out there trying to copy what you do, and it's just plain tough. Not to diminish the negative experience this customer must have felt, but when you're passionate about what you do and what you would like to present and offer to the world, it's natural to be protective of that. Especially when the world is being taken over by "online" sales, etc., making it almost impossible for privately-owned businesses to survive, let alone thrive.
That being said, SummerVine provides the customer with outstanding merchandise to be experienced first-hand, and 'in the flesh' so to speak. The shoppe is an unequivocally top-shelf decadence mixed with every-day style and class. I can't even begin to describe the length of my own wish-list, let alone the feeling I get when I am in the store. I feel my own creativity surge, and I imagine just exactly how I would display that certain something I've found. Not to mention, redesign my entire interiors, which leads us back to the aforementioned wish-list.
Do not pass this beautiful shoppe by while you are visiting Sonoma. It is truly a masterpiece. read more