Stags Leap District ‘Vineyard to Vintner’ Annual Event Wrap-Up
For the past few years, I’ve really looked forward to attending the Stags Leap District ‘Vineyard to Vintner’ annual event . It’s really well planned, executed, and always rewarding for everyone in the process… a day really well spent in Napa Valley. This year of 2018 was no exception. BACKGROUND PRESS RELEASE: Each year, member […]
Twentieth Annual Vineyard to Vintner in Stags Leap District
I highly recommend this event. Past adventures, for instance. Pine Ridge Vineyards ~ Stags Leap District Vineyard to Vintner 2017 Stags Leap District Vineyard to Vintner 2017 Magic Cellar Rendezvous ~ Celebrating Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District ~ Part 2 If Napa is Disneyland of Wine, Then Disney Lives on at Silverado Vineyards An Alice […]
When Carl Doumani Calls ~ A Petite Master Has Answers
How appropriate that I get to write about PS I Love You and Petite Sirah on Valentine’s day. Years ago, when I was loving the architecture of Carl Doumani’s Quixote Winery, in a meeting we had set up for an interview, we had finished chatting and he gifted his time-worn Hundertwasser book to me. I […]
Vineyard to Vintner ~ Celebrating Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District ~ Part 1
I received an invitation to attend the Stags Leap Vineyard to Vintner annual event, being kicked off on Friday, April 29, 2016. I knew that this was an honor. It just happened over this past weekend, and I took them up on their offer for Saturday, April 30. It’s an event that draws out vintners […]
When Art Becomes Architecture ~ Friedensreich Hundertwasser & Quixote Winery
[The above image is one that I have borrowed from the Quixote Winery Website. When I was there, I didn’t have this elevation advantage that allows for you to see Quixote’s completely unique place in space.] Although proprietor Carl Doumani is a wine producer, he’s the first to admit that he’s not a winemaker. This […]