Napa Valley

Sitting on a matted-field reminds One of civilization-behind, rumbling along black-tar streaks saying: “Go there-to-there, but never beyond Generations-paved Way.” Birds live-in this “artificial ecosystem”; leaving One wondering-of the ecological-homeostasis surrounding a cobble-lined & drainage-appropriated “trickling stream”. Urbanites advocate-for municipal parks instead-of maintaining nature-preserves…

Three Napa County players have been named Preseason All-North Coast Section Redwood Empire by CalHiSports.com, it was announced in a report on Aug. 11 at www.calhisports.com. James Aken of American Canyon High School, Kaleb Anderson of American Canyon High School, and Jadon Meyer of St. Helena High School were each…

This post is part of the Musings of the Coterie series, which captures the conversations of the Coterie, our wine club, from the neck of our first bottle to the bottom of our last. This post comes in a hot 3 months after the original session, so forgive the lack…

2021: Year in Review The pamphlet was reviewed & verified by county-district representatives: Brad Wagenknecht (District 1), Ryan Gregory (District 2), Diane Dillon (District 3), Alfredo Pedroza (District 4), Selia Ramos (District 5). The annual report states: “ [The Napa] County government is at the forefront of…the most urgent [&]…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Wine Economics and Policy — Elena Barbierato, DAGRI — University of Florence Iacopo Bernetti, DAGRI — University of Florence Irene Capecchi, DAGRI — University of Florence The purpose of this work is to study the issues of service quality and service failure of visits to the cellar door in the 5 regions where wine tourism…

Simply put, Napa Valley is expensive. You can drive down highway 29 and see a rare Porche parked in front of one of its many delectable restaurants, and the wineries that litter the valley are, like the guests that they attract, dressed up with sleek features. …

Last leg of a 10-day road trip through California coastline arriving at the state’s most quintessential city. Next and final stop is the quintessential city of San Francisco. A city where the contrast between the rich and the poor is exacerbated by the growing housing crisis and, more recently, the pandemic. Yet it is a romantically alluring city with so many distinctive iconic landmarks to revel in…