According to statement from the Sonoma County District Attorney's office, Sandra Suzanne Turner, 65, of Cloverdale, was sentenced on Aug. 10 by Judge Robert LaForge to serve three years and eight months in state prison after having entered "no contest" pleas in June of this year to one count of felony grand theft and two counts of felony forgery. The charges resulted from an investigation that revealed Turner had embezzled approximately $194,000 from Paul Hobbs Winery during her time as a bookkeeper for the company.

The last panels are being installed on top of a carport at Burrowing Owl Estate winery in Oliver.

There are some newer grape varieties that capture what people like about wines like cabernet, and they're also cold-hardy. Many of these grape varieties like Frontenac Gris, Frontenac Blanc, Marquette and La Crescent were developed at the University of Minnesota.

"Oh boy, it's gonna be ... it's in Charlottesville," Trump continued. "It is the winery. I mean, I know a lot about Charlottesville. Charlottesville is a great place that's been very badly hurt over the last couple of days. I own actually one of the largest wineries in the United States, it's in Charlottesville."

In this review by Bob Campbell, he takes a look at Coravin Screw Caps, which have a re-sealable silicone wad that allows the machine needle to enter and exit the bottle without causing it to leak.

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Southern California winery purchases new vineyards in a premier growing region to support demand

The "Crushing It For 15 Years" event, held on Saturday, October 14, 2017, 11AM-5PM, coincides with Wine Yakima Valley's "Catch The Crush" weekend. The celebration will feature live music, hearty bites via a gourmet food truck, and a tasting of McKinley Springs Winery Estate wines.

Based on his experiences living and working in Napa Valley and Burgundy, Richard contends that along with the physical aspects of the growing site, the cultural elements of terroir are critical to providing the sense of place and the unique characteristics (goût de terroir) of the wines produced there.

Stella Rosa Black Lux is fully sparkling with the same luscious flavors found in Stella Rosa Black- blueberry, raspberry and blueberry, enveloped in dark natural red grapes. The grapes are from vineyards in Piedmont, Italy.

The Metzingen-based group generated sales totaling 434 million euros last year with its 2,513 employees. This equates to a year-on-year increase of 18 million euros and growth of four percent, adjusted from five percent for exchange rate effects.

The ShakeAlert system could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning.

Agriculture needs to stand united in defending safe technologies and alter the discussion to focus on the problems the technology is trying to fix.

There have been no funding increases for several important programs in the last two farm bills while the challenges facing agriculture "have exploded," said Kelly Covello, president of the Almond Alliance of California.

The Canadian government has just released priorities for the talks which begin Wednesday and they include a broad desire for four new chapters, and two specific demands: fewer Buy American rules for public contracts and freer movement of professionals.

The Mexican producers already have the American interests defending NAFTA - the commerce between the two countries.

M. A. Silva USA announced today that it has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, privately held companies in the United States.

The name Dennis 'Denny' Martin comes up often when the question at hand is on the order of, "Who's got the best palate in Wine Country?"

Two prominent New Zealand wineries have been acquired by a newly-established fine wine company co-founded by the man who launched Craggy Range and a US-based wildlife conservationist.

People buy land next to picturesque vineyards then complain about the noise.

Canterbury and Otago irrigators are expected to end up "footing the bill" for Labour's proposed water policy.

On Friday, the Auction of Washington Wines will play host to its annual Private Barrel Auction, in which members of the wine trade get a chance to taste barrel samples of wines exclusive to this auction.

Edna Valley's Tolosa Winery is welcoming a French-born winemaker with extensive experience around Sonoma and Napa Valley.

Barbara Banke, the head of the Californian-headquartered wine giant Jackson Family Wines has expressed a serious interest in England for the group's next vineyard investment.