Tom Bronzini | Friday, March 20th, 2015
Wine drinkers open their wallets again for pricier bottles
Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureMeasured optimism about the region’s wine industry was a theme that ran through the Central Coast Insights wine symposium in Paso Robles on March 12.
Tom Bronzini | Friday, February 20th, 2015
Malibu Coast vintners organize for wider recognition of wines
Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureMalibu is popularly associated with surf, sand, celebrities, movies — but usually not wine. Vintners in the recently recognized Malibu Coast American Viticultural Area, or AVA, are joining forces to do something about that. On Feb. 7, the first meeting of the Malibu Coast Vintners & Grape Growers Alliance was held at Cornell Winery in Read More →
Tom Bronzini | Friday, January 16th, 2015
Paso wine country gets drought relief with early storms
Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureThe 6.5 inches of rain that have fallen in the Paso Robles area so far have done much to leach out an accumulation of salts in the root zones that has stressed the vines and lowered wine grape yields.
Tom Bronzini | Friday, December 19th, 2014
Santa Barbara’s historic El Paseo is new wine destination
Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureWhen Jamie Slone was looking to establish a tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara for his inaugural line of wines, he liked the cluster of three tasting spots at the city’s historic El Paseo complex and was looking to join them.
Tom Bronzini | Friday, November 21st, 2014
Allan Hancock College rolls out a new winery on campus
Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureThis fall, students at the community college in Santa Maria moved to a new campus winery that has the look and scale of a commercial operation.
Tom Bronzini | Friday, October 31st, 2014
O’Connor recalls barriers women attorneys faced
Features, Latest news, Nonprofits, Top StoriesRetired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, recalled during an appearance at Cal State Channel Islands that in order to land her first job as an attorney after graduating high in her class at Stanford Law School, she offered to work for free and share Read More →
Tom Bronzini | Friday, October 17th, 2014
Tiny bubbles to have big profile at Pismo wine festival
Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Wine & ViticultureThe first-annual Bubblyfest will be held amidst brimming interest in sparkling wine.