by Jo Diaz | Jan 8, 2014 | Obituary, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Wine, Wine Business, Winery, Zinfandel
On Sunday, January 5, 2014, at the age of 88 years old, Sonoma County vintner and World War II Veteran Leo Trentadue passed away.
by Jo Diaz | Dec 11, 2013 | Obituary, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer
Quietly, the wine industry lost one of its dearest advocates. Because Harold J. Baer, Jr. was working and living in Denver, Colorado, he wasn’t as connected to the rest of us living in California, or even New York City’s wine media group… He simply...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 5, 2012 | Obituary, Oregon, Pinot Gris, Wine, Winemaker, Winery
In loving memory of an Oregon legend… Edward J. King, Jr., August 8, 1921 ~ June 3, 2012 Edward J. King Jr. was a true rags to riches story. From humble beginnings on a dust bowl era wheat farm in Jetmore, Kansas he went on to become an avionics magnate, and to...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 27, 2012 | Obituary, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Russian River Valley, Wine, Winery
Louis J. Foppiano The Lou Everyone Knew Louis J. Foppiano, patriarch of Sonoma County’s oldest winemaking family and a man of firm ethics, never forgot his humble roots growing up in Healdsburg, California. He dedicated his life to farming his Russian River...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 11, 2012 | Obituary, Wine Writer
Joe Pollack dies at age 81 on Friday, March 9, 2012 ~ St. Louis Dispatch’s best-known food and wine critic. The memorial service for Joe Pollack’s family and friends will be on Saturday, March 17, 11:00 a.m., at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 130...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 15, 2011 | News, Obituary, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Wine Business, Winery
Yesterday I learned through a news alert from Wine Business that my friend and colleague Patty Bogle has passed away. Patty was the matriarch of Bogle Vineyards in Clarksburg, and she passed away this past Friday, February 11, 2011. This past Friday, as I was packing...
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