The first mornings after the autumn equinox you really feel the shift in season on the west side of Anderson Valley, with the redwood forests shedding cold drafts that undermine whatever heat is in the…
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I didn’t know Barney Fetzer, a lumber executive turned legendary wine entrepreneur. He had already died when I arrived in Mendocino County 25 years ago. But over the years I have had the privilege of…
“I did not come from Paris for le Wharf of Fishermen or le Tower Coit or ze Rights Gay of Homozekshools. I come to your bootiful San Francisco for les bagels de Ze San Francisco…
I met with Doug at his property just south of Navarro where he has several showrooms full of his pottery along with the very quaint house where he lives. He made a pot of strong…
They tell me the north coast is supposed to get foggier and wetter as a side effect of global warming, at least for a while. I don't put too much stock in any weather predictions…
Where the heck do I begin? What an uber burst of excitement to have met both AVA stalwarts in The Bunker, so to speak, and on a perfectly illuminated almost Tuscan Sunday afternoon, us wedged…
Not long after the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors made one more muddled attempt at clearing up the confusion over their “balanced budget” at last Tuesday’s Board meeting, the County’s primary employee union, Service Employees…