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Feature Spotlight: Toad Hollow Vineyards
A few weeks ago, I met Joe Nagan of Toad Hollow Vineyards at Costeaux French Bakery & Cafe for a morning chat over cups of coffee just a few doors down from the Healdsburg tasting room undergoing...
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Upcoming Events I Am Looking Forward To
Meet the Winemakers: RIVINO Winery Tierra – Art, Garden Wine 312 N. School Street Ukiah, CA 95482 RIVINO husband and wife winemaker team Jason McConnell and Suzanne Jahnke-McConnell pour their limited...
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The European Grapevine Moth, less welcome than your mother-in-law, is here.
This month, Napa County vintners began spraying their vineyards with pesticides in an attempt to fight infestation of European grapevine moths. The half inch insect lays eggs in April, and the larvae...
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Sonoma-Cutrer, marrying the best of Burgundy and California
Some movies are shot with more than one ending so that only the director knows the real ending, helping to thwart those who seem intent on spoiling the plot, twists, and ending of the movie. Often,...
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A tiny time out
Dear Readers, I am changing internet service, going from fast to faster. To do so, there wasn’t a simple transition plan, but a service stop and new service – and a gap of a week. Posting an entire...
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Getting into the pink for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day. Red heart shaped cards, and pink boxes of chocolates, and jewelry boxes filled with diamonds. Romance. Roses. Strawberries dipped in chocolate. A Nora Ephron movie. Special dinners,...
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Location, Location, Location
John On Wine – Location, location, location Originally published in the Ukiah Daily Journal on November 14, 2013 by John Cesano Tasting wine. It is important to do. Last weekend, I ventured south to...
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Drought
John On Wine – Drought Originally published in the Ukiah Daily Journal newspaper on March 27, 2014 By John Cesano “Brave the storm to come, for it surely looks like rain.” – 1972, Look Like Rain,...
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A Tale of Two Passports
John On Wine – A tale of two Passports Originally published in the Ukiah Daily Journal newspaper on Thursday, May 1, 2014 Written by John Cesano John Cesano of John On Wine It was the best of...
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A New Zin Tradition
John On Wine – A New Zin Tradition Originally published in the Ukiah Daily Journal on Thursday, August 28, 2014 John Cesano of John On Wine On a sunny Saturday in August, I spent some time in Sonoma...
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