Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing
They are analyzing phenolic levels in robust red wines like cabernet sauvignon and syrah to help them make more reliable decisions on when to separate the juice from skins and stems, and how to blend to achieve consistent structure in successive vintages.
Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light
It’s worth noting that Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Business Times, written slightly more than 15 years ago, featured a story about the first plans for reconstructing the Miramar.
Housing conference spotlights worsening market for buyers
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 17th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Housing conference spotlights worsening market for buyers
There are plenty of reasons why the South Coast housing market continues to have such high barriers to entry, and probably always will.
Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories / Comments Off on Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix
Brown’s bold move to cut water use by 25 percent in cities and suburbs is really a shot across the bow of special districts to get their fiscal affairs in order or find merger partners.
REI building on lower State changes hands for $22M
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on REI building on lower State changes hands for $22M
The center, located on lower State Street along Highway 101, represents the largest sale of retail property in downtown Santa Barbara in 13 years.
Glendale court victory could mean big money for other cities
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, April 10th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Top Stories / Comments Off on Glendale court victory could mean big money for other cities
Policy makers should keep operating efficiencies and overall costs in mind as they reinvent the RDA game.
Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link
By Erika Martin / Friday, April 3rd, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Barbara startup to close crowdfunding’s missing link
GroupGets is an online platform that hopes to democratize access to high-tech components.
