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A look at Sustainability at Lasseter Family Winery

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Robert Johnson

Earth Day has come and gone for another year, but the focus on sustainability only continues to sharpen in California wine country. That’s why we like to share the stories of wineries and grape growers who are doing their part…

Tagged with: California, John Lasseter, Lasseter Family Winery, Nancy Lasseter, Phil Coturri, Pixar, Sonoma Valley, sustainability, sustainable farming, winemaking
Posted in Wine and the Environment

Sonoma Museum Project: The Wine Barrel as Art

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Robert Johnson

It never ceases to amaze me how wine impacts so many people in so many ways. I also am heartened by how giving the wine community is, and how it supports both charitable and community causes. With that mind, I’d…

Tagged with: art, barrel art, community, Kate Murphy, Museum, Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Swarovski crystals, Tony Rockwell, wine barrels, wine community
Posted in Wine Buzz

Aventine Glen Ellen to Host Special Winemaker Dinner

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Robert Johnson

Whenever I’m in California’s North Coast wine country, I make the time to have a meal at the Rutherford Grill in Napa Valley. The food is fabulous (never had a bad or even merely a so-so meal), the wine list…

Tagged with: Aventine Glen Ellen, California, dining, dishwasher intervention, friends, Napa Valley, North Coast wine country, Rutherford Grill, Sam Sebastiani, Samuele Sebastiani, Sonoma, Sonoma Valley
Posted in Wine Buzz

No More Grapevines for the Santa Monica Mountains

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Robert Johnson

The California wine industry traces its beginnings not to Napa Valley or Sonoma Valley, but rather to Southern California. Long before the North Coast region emerged as a worldwide wine leader, wineries dotted the landscape in Los Angeles and the…