It was yummy and exactly what we intended but we couldn’t call it a rosé or a blush for that matter.

I had never before been in Napa when I crossed the Golden Gate bridge and piloted the “Disco Peugeot” around the bay and into wine country.

The Romans believed Mars was the guardian of agriculture.

The west was once the melting pot of great cuisine. Now, all cultures seem to be mining each other’s culinary traditions for inspiration.

Maria and I had the good fortune to travel to Vietnam with the Pham family – the founders of Red Boat Fish Sauce.

My father used to jokingly say that good wine makes good company better and bad company tolerable.

The spirit of divergence continues to influence our decisions…

Once upon a time, Napa Valley was Napa Valley. There were no Stags Leap District or Carneros AVAs.

Today, everything changes! We have just taken delivery of two Monarch electric tractors.

We, as farmers, have a responsibility to look at the big picture and approach farming as mutualists instead of individualists

The new year finds us with a new, old farm.

The goat looked me in the eye – a deep stare as though she needed to know my intent; my soul.