I met up with Oscar and Lola Llamas, owners of Llamas Family Wines, at their home in the city of Napa. Long time listeners will remember Rafael and his Napa Valley story which you can hear on podcast 540.
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The Missing Plan for Napa’s Acres Coming Out of Grapes
by Andrew ChalkAt the Wine Writer’s Symposium a few years ago the agenda featured a panel discussion on whether wine writers should write about the business of wine. I was surprised when all four members of the panel revealed they were hugely enthusiastic about the idea. The organizers had chosen a group of cheerleaders, with not one differing view. To me, the idea of (most) wine writers doing what amounted to business journalism was stupid. They had got into their field because they swooned at
California’s oldest family-run winery, Gundlach Bundschu, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Napa Valley’s Signorello Estate faces foreclosure as experts warn ...
