Vineyard News

Ursa Vineyards 2005 and 2006 Lodi Silvaspoons Vineyard Tannats If an award were given for the most obscure grape variety contributing to California's wine trade, it almost certainly would go to tannat.

It's huge and massive and has probably caught the eye of motorists traveling on Interstate 5 near the south Sacramento water tower.

"My daughter recently got her drivers permit. We were driving down Butterfield and she saw a police officer talking on a cell phone.

Sacramento County is moving forward with a new general plan that would open 20,000 acres of land for development.

One of the Islands' most predictable human events, the post-fireworks, post-fair exodus, has brought relief to drivers negotiating Five Corners.

He picked a Fed chairman and lost a close political friend, but through it all, President Barack Obama has tried to carry on with the vacation he set out to have here strolling the beach, taking his daughters for a bike ride, playing golf.

Jeff Runquist Wines "R" 2007 Amador County Dick Cooper Vineyard Barbera White zinfandel, sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and other light and refreshing wines that invite quaffing in hot weather most likely will be the pours of choice in the wine garden when the California State Fair opens Friday.

By next year, residents of Martha's Vineyard will have a choice of two agencies that will provide complete hospice care on-Island, at no cost to the patient.

Instead of following the path of other members of her musical family, Aquinnah native Elizabeth Witham became a filmmaker.

As part of its continuing effort to bring premium appellation wines to market, Don Sebastiani & Sons today announced the release of Flock by Smoking Loon, a new wine brand designed to capitalize on the success of the company's flagship offering, Smoking Loon, which has been an Impact Hot Brand for five consecutive years.

A fire in the Vineyard area caused $300,000 to a two-story home, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department said today.

The California State Fair will honor the best winemakers, vineyards and wineries in the state at the 14th annual Californiaa s Grape & Gourmet, the statea s premier California wine event.

They care for 700 acres of land in more than 80 parks. "I believe we were the first park district in the state of California," said Cosumnes Services District Administrator Bob Roessler.

A 3-year-old boy died Thursday in a Sacramento hospital after he was found in a swimming pool in the Vineyard area of south Sacramento, fire officials said.

It took about 32,000 glasses of wine and three days of judging, but top honors were announced today in the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition.

Controversial Secretary of Defense at Harvard Yard in 1965. Robert S. McNamara, the tragic and controversial former Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, who was most closely associated with leading the country into the Viet Nam War, died yesterday morning at his home in Washington, D.C., after a long period ...

He does not own a sprawling Texas ranch, a family compound on the coast of Maine or a retreat tucked away in the Santa Ynez Mountains of California.

A crusty Vineyarder of my acquaintance a couple of decades back grew so tired of the question from summer people at summer parties, "What do you find to do in the winter?" that he came up with a reliable conversation-stopper in reply: "We fumigate!" That's a terrific line, but unhelpful.

Excerpted from "The History of Martha's Vineyard: how we got to where we are;" by Arthur R. Railton.

"Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One-in-Chief may be joining them.