Tag: San Luis Obispo County
Afternoon Brief, September 30
Russian River Valley Wines Sweep Top Honors at 2019 Sonoma County Harvest Fair Awards: A pinot noir, a chardonnay and a sparkling brut rosé - all produced from Russian River Valley grapes - won the coveted sweepstakes awards Sunday night at the Sonoma County Harvest Awards Gala...
Explore California Wine Country’s Back Roads: Central Coast (South) Spotlight
SAN FRANCISCO — This month, Wine Institute’s Wine Country Back Roads series focuses on California’s southern Central Coast, extending from Paso Robles in the north to...
Afternoon Brief, August 24
Local Winemaker Patrick Foley Dies at 31 - William Patrick Foley III, the winemaker at Foley Johnson Winery in Rutherford and the son of vintner and businessman Bill Foley, died on Aug. 12. He was 31.
The Cannabis Impact on San Luis Obispo’s Wine Industry
There’s a new normal, and the cannabis space - once made up of small, mostly unregulated cultivators - is developing into a full-scale organized industry in California. The passage of prop 64 brought a new, highly regulated licensing system into play, and cannabis entrepreneurs are emerging from the shadows into a legal, regulated marketplace.
Afternoon Brief, December 15
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Americans Jump-Start the Holidays with Their Favorite Bottle of Vino
As consumers deck the halls and fill their...
Afternoon Brief, October 12
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Vineyards May Have Kept Wine Country Fire from Getting Worse
Cristian Palmaz used hoes, shovels and rakes to...
Afternoon Brief, September 19
Wine Maven Kurniawan, Convicted of Fraud, Loses Bid for Freedom
The convicted Indonesian wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan on Monday failed to persuade a U.S. judge to set aside his 10-year prison term for counterfeiting an estimated $30 million of wine...