Paso Robles wine pioneer sets out in pursuit of the $100 bottle
Columns, OpinionPaso Robles winemaker Daniel Daou is pursuing the holy grail of California vintners: A cabernet sauvignon or Bordeaux that can reliably fetch $100 a bottle.
Limoneira could lead water-efficiency push in California drought
Columns, OpinionOne of the cool things about covering business in the Tri-Counties is that at least once a year we get a pretty close look at what’s happening at one of the region’s largest agribusiness holding companies. That’s because Santa Paula-based Limoneira Co., founded in 1893, happens to be a publicly traded company. The company began Read More →
After seven years, the financial crisis quietly ends for area banks
Op/Eds, Opinion“Even the pessimists were thinking three years,” Community West CEO Marty Plourd told me. “No one expected the low-interest-rate environment to last this long,”
Santa Paula entrepreneur turns attention to Chinese attack victims
Columns, Opinion“None of the victims did anything wrong except being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is about people helping people. We all live here,” Santa Paula resident William Irion, who frequently travels to China, told me.
