The energetic Young followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, Peter Young, and father, Silas Young, in growing prunes on 500 acres nestled against the foothills in Alexander Valley.
California Wine Grape Growers Foundation presents scholarships
The California Wine Grape Growers Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that was "established to conduct public education programs, fund scholarships, and support research related to the California wine and winegrape industry."
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Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
The U.S. Open of Wine?Jun 19
There are many wine competitions across the country that judge single varieties, wines of a particular region, that associate themselves with state fairs, and those that have specific sorts of wine people doing the judging. But in my 20 years of working in the wine industry, there has never been any wine competition anywhere that was acknowledged as the most prestigious.
The care and feeding of wine writers (Well, this one, anyway)Jun 19
...Well, this long-winded intro is a way for me to let P.R. people, winery execs and others whose job it is to promote their winery know how best to work with me, to help me do my job so I can help you do yours. In an ideal world - and why should ours not be ideal? - P.R. and wine writing both would benefit.
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