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Tom Bronzini


| Friday, November 15th, 2019

Herzog Wine Cellars finds value in owning its own vineyards

Destinations, left, Small Business, West Ventura County, Wine & Viticulture

Herzog Wine Cellars, based in Oxnard, has spent its nearly 35 years in California changing the perception of kosher wines from something sweet and syrupy to offerings comparable in style and quality to the varied wines crafted in the Golden State. While 70 percent of its production goes to the kosher market, the winery has Read More →

| Friday, September 20th, 2019

Worries cloud wine grape market as harvest starts

Agribusiness, Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture

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| Thursday, August 15th, 2019

Stonehouse wine collection recovery remarkable

Destinations, Latest news, Restaurants, Wine & Viticulture

The mudslides that devastated Montecito in January of 2018 ruined one of the top 100 restaurant wine collections in the world at the Stonehouse, San Ysidro Ranch. The  restaurant lost its inventory of  nearly 12,500 bottles of fine wine when mud and rocks from nearby San Ysidro Creek crashed through the back door of the Read More →

| Friday, July 19th, 2019

Rebranding spotlights ‘best-kept secret’ tri-county wine region

Destinations, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture

A wine region in the Tri-Counties has been profiled in publications as “Wine Country’s Best-Kept Secret,” (LAWeekly), and sub-areas of it as “California’s Best Unsung Wine Regions” (Wine Enthusiast). It was among “10 Under-the-Radar North American Wine Regions You Need to Visit” (Fodor’s Travel). The “secret” in our own backyard is an area recently rebranded Read More →

| Friday, June 21st, 2019

Broken Earth has big vision for relocated tasting room

Columns, Destinations, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture

Location, location, location was a big draw that prompted Broken Earth Winery to move its tasting room from Highway 46 East in Paso Robles to a large industrial space just steps down the road from Firestone Walker’s brewery and tap room. “We obviously know what Firestone does and how busy they stay,” General Manager Justin Read More →

| Friday, May 17th, 2019

Buellton site in film “Sideways” home to new winery

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Visitors who recall tasting at the rustic Sanford Winery shack that appeared in the  movie “Sideways” or at Alma Rosa when it was located there are likely to be especially interested in the opening of the new Peake Ranch Winery and tasting room at the landmark site. Peake Ranch began welcoming the public in a Read More →

| Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Peake Ranch opens winery at landmark site in Buellton

Central Coast, Columns, Destinations, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture

Visitors who recall tasting at the rustic Sanford Winery shack that appeared in the movie “Sideways” or at Alma Rosa when it was located there are likely to be especially interested in the opening of the new Peake Ranch Winery and tasting room at the landmark site. Peake Ranch began welcoming the public in a Read More →