New Ram’s Gate Winery Makes a Dramatic Entrance

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, New in California Wine Country, Sonoma County wineries, Sonoma wineries

It can be a bit difficult to impress the locals anymore with the opening of a new winery. Living in the Napa/Sonoma area, we’re surrounded by opulence and luxury, and plenty of bells and whistles. Yet the recent opening of Ram’s Gate Winery garnered a lot of attention even from plenty of people who’ve been-there-done-that. [...]

Put Some Zoom in Your Father’s Day Plans with Yountville Auto Show

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Holidays

Boys and their toys. It’s no secret that many men seem to be born with a gene programming them to love cars, and anything, frankly, with a big engine that can make them go fast, furious, and hell bent for leather. Food fits neatly into that equation, too. Great, filling food, because it keep the [...]

$100 Million Picnic Lunch – Kenzo Estate Opens

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

With its $100 million price tag, it’s a terrific place for a picnic lunch. Of course, Japanese tycoon Kenzo Tsujimoto had grander ideas than just sack lunches for his new Napa winery, which he finally opened May 1 after 20 years of planning and construction. And the chairman and founder of Japan’s Capcom Co. video [...]