Bob Gallo, a second-generation leader at the family winery and benefactor to many Modesto-area causes, has died. E.&J. Gallo Winery announced that he died Saturday at 89. Robert J. Gallo was the son of Julio Gallo, who founded the business in 1933 with brother Ernest Gallo. It has since become the world’s largest winery and […]
Jun. 16—When a science teacher married a Christmas tree farmer, who knew that would lead to a vineyard and winery in Cleburne? Duane Patrick has a passion for the land he grew up on in Alvarado and took an idea his dad planted in his mind to create Sunset Hill Tree Farm for families to […]
This is a developing story. Check back to sanluisobispo.com for updates. To get breaking news alerts, click here Cal Fire and emergency medics responded to a plane crash Saturday afternoon at Halter Ranch vineyard in the hills west of Paso Robles. The plane — a single engine 4-seater Alpha Trainer — touched down about a […]
MARLBORO TWP. – The engine of the Landing Vehicle Tracked 4 roared and rattled as the tank-like military vehicle eased its way into the muddy water of a pond. The 29,000-pound amphibian vehicle’s track chewed up the seaweed and mud as it propelled its riders forward. Children manned the vehicle’s inactive machine guns as owner […]
Apr. 19—Gruet Winery is popping the cork in celebration of its first female winemaker. Carrie Gurule, a native New Mexican, was recently appointed as the winery’s head winemaker. Gurule joined the Gruet team in 2016 as a part-time consultant. “I was helping with quality assurance,” she said. “And I was super excited because I hadn’t […]
KOHLER — The Blind Horse Restaurant & Winery, 6018 Superior Ave., is adding another location in Wisconsin as its winery commemorates 10 years. The second spot will be at W63N674 Washington Ave. in Cedarburg, a property the business purchased earlier this year. The building dates to the early 1840s and was recently occupied by a […]
Mar. 25—Tuscan Hills Winery will be hosting a viewing party to celebrate the total solar eclipse on April 8. The City of Effingham is located on the northern edge of the eclipse’s path of totality, and beginning at 2:03 p.m. on April 8, the eclipse will be visible in the area for about 40 seconds. […]
Doug Frost still lives in Kansas City — among other things, he’s got a new granddaughter who lives about a mile away — but for the last several years, he’s been spending a lot of time in Walla Walla. A longtime sommelier and wine consultant, Frost in 2018 partnered with another Kansas Citian, Brad Bergman, […]
The winery worker who first told CNN that he witnessed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pay cash when she visited Napa Valley with special prosecutor Nathan Wade in 2023 is offering to testify, according to a court filing from prosecutors late Thursday, ahead of closing arguments in the fight over whether Willis should be […]
A Seattle man was arrested after King County deputies said a former employee drained more than 20,000 bottles worth of wine at a Woodinville winery. INVESTIGATION: King County deputies said Woodinville and Shoreline police arrested a man in his 60s at his home in Seattle Wednesday at 11 a.m. in connection to the vandalism. Detectives […]
It’s not yet known whether District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade will be removed from Fulton County’s 2020 Georgia election interference case involving former President Donald Trump, but one issue that came up during Willis’ recent testimony — her predilection for using cash — rang true for one winery employee in California […]
After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two bottles of wine – each valued at […]