Kenwood, California is an unincorporated town in Sonoma County, California, United States, located on State Route 12 between the citites Santa Rosa and Sonoma. It lies east of Sonoma Creek in the upper part of Sonoma Valley, a region sometimes called the Valley of the Moon. Bennett Mountain lies southeast of the town, and Sugar Ridge to the northwest.

Like all of Sonoma County, Kenwood is considered part of the Wine Country. Viticulturally, it lies in the Sonoma Valley AVA. The Kenwood area is known for vineyards and wineries, restaurants, and a European-style resort. An area landmark is the Kunde Estate Winery on State Route 12, which was first planted in 1879.

Parks

Kenwood Plaza Park, located two blocks south of State Route 12 at 200 Warm Springs Road, is managed by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department.

Annadel State Park lies to the west, Hood Mountain Regional Park lies to the north, and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park lies to the northwest.

History

Under Mexican rule in the 1800s, the community was part of an Alta California land grant named Los Guilicos.

Ray Flugger founded Flowmaster, Inc. in 1983 while working out of a small barn in Kenwood.

Telephony

Western California Telephone Company provided telephone service to Kenwood, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill and Novato. In the 1970s it was acquired by General Telephone, (later GTE and then Verizon). These four areas are now all served by Verizon. Part of Oakmont is inside the Verizon service area, causing that portion to have Kenwood prefixes. The area code for Kenwood is 707.