Thank you to everyone who wrote to tell me how much you have been missing my newsletters. After a five month break I am back and happy to share with you that after eleven wonderful [ … ]
Outpost Winery, vineyards, residences, trademark and inventory located on Howell Mountain has sold to AXA Millésimes, a subsidiary of the French multinational insurance firm AXA Group that focuses on investments in the wine industry. Restaurants [ … ]
The latest news hot off the Press is that Cindy Pawlcyn is closing her Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen on July 7. The restaurant has been in operation since 2002. Cindy reports that she had no plans [ … ]
A fond farewell to yet another legend in Napa Valley. After 38 successful years at the helm of Rombauer Vineyards, Koerner Rombauer, nephew of Irma Rombauer, author of “Joy of Cooking”, left us with many [ … ]
There seems to be no shortage of money in the market when it comes to luxury vineyard and winery real estate sales in Napa Valley. I was analyzing the data for a high end listing [ … ]
I remember well the days when I would sit on my sundeck on West Zinfandel Lane when I first moved to Napa Valley back in 2001, chatting with friends about how idyllic our Napa Valley [ … ]
As the dust begins to settle, and the hillsides show signs of life with regrowth and new shoots popping up from the base of torched trees, it feels like we are basking in the miracle [ … ]
2017 NEWS IN REVIEW In looking back at 2017, I feel like many of you I’m sure, immeasurable sadness and empathy for so many people and for the country. The incessant flow of natural disasters [ … ]
It’s true that within two weeks from the end of a news cycle covering tragedies like the recent devastating hurricanes and California fires, people move on to the next news cycle. So I wanted to [ … ]
As I write this month’s newsletter, I feel immense gratitude for the privilege of being able to do so from a comfy sofa in my beautiful backyard in north Saint Helena. When I ponder the [ … ]
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