Welcome to the WCMP Team & Projects

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Phone: 707-386-2384

WCMP is focused on the delivery of expert marketing and promotional services to the American Wine Industry. Currently, WCMP is involved in the following promotional endeavors, all of which can be reviewed in greater detail by clicking onto the appropriate block in the righthand sidebar or the underlined URL address shown belo:


Wine Label poster-maps of the many appellations and sub-appellations of the American Wine Industry (Initial focus on the Napa Valley industry).  These posters are now considered classics as they were first released in the mid to late 1980's during the boom in the growth of Napa County wineries.

Napa County
We are in the final stages of producing books/booklets on wineries of Napa County.The book in draft is titled “The Essence of the Napa County Wine Industry” which will be presented in three parts which are titled

P1 - ‘The Resurrectors” - From Repeal of Prohibition through the 1960s,”
P2 - “The Innovators and Pacesetters” - 1970s to 2000
P3 - “The Inheritors” - 2000 to the present

John Olney has completed recorded interviews lasting from one and a half hours to as much as four hours with 20 of the 27 industry all the following greats of the Napa Valley Wine Industry To our knowledge there has never been such a collection of formidable Napa Valley wine industry personalities and talents under one book. * denotes inductees to the California Vintners Hall of Fame under the sponsorship of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Greystone building, St. Helena, CA.

Charles Sullivan, Dario Sattui, *Andy Beckstoffer, Sal Renteria, William "Bill Hill", Ric Forman, Mitch Consentino, Randy Dunn, *Volker Eisele, *Warren Winiarski, *Agustin Huneeus, Francis Mahoney, Jack Cakebread, Dan Duckhorn, Mary Novak, Michael Mondavi, Bob Trinchero, Dr. Dick Peterson, Peter Mondavi, Sr.

The following persons will hopefully allow us to include them:

Tony Soter, Michael Moone, John DeLuca, Jim Hickey, Elizabeth Martini, Peter Mondavi, Jr., Marc Mondavi, and other which we are still negotiating.

Click here to read the full posting plus a list of the same five questions all answered/will be answering: http://twccwcmp.blogspot.com/2010/09/booksbooklets-on-wineries-of-napa.html

Nevada County
John Olney has completed the draft book on the wine industry of Nevada County.  To the best of our knowledge this is  the first complete history of wine growth for Nevada County……Click here to read full posting: http://twccwcmp.blogspot.com/2010/09/booksbooklets-on-wine-industry-of.html

Books/booklets on the wine industry of Nevada County

We are in the final stages of completing two draft books/booklets on the wine industry of Nevada County.


The first document in draft is my book titled “Empire Gold: Mines to Wines - The Past Meets the Present.” This book details the history of vine and wine growth in the county from the known time that Americans from the East Coast first established settlements in what would become Gold Country. To the best of our knowledge this will be thye first complete history of wine growth for Nevada County.

The initial chapters of the book focus on how the United States manipulated possession of California from the Mexican Government back in the mid 1840s. I describe the mining industry and all the key personnel that influenced the mass migration of people throughout the then existing California population and all those who quickly migrated to the foothills during the bgreat Gold Rush.

The second portion of the book focuses on the development of grape and wine production from the time that gold was discovered in the county back in 1849. This story is again separated into two distinct periods: 1849 - through Prohibition when commercial wine production ceased, and 1980 to the present when wine production once again became popular.

I have interviewed key owners and winemakers from Indian Springs, Sierra Starr, Double Oak, Pilot Peak,Haggiar, Solune, Sierra Knolls, Montoliva, Avanguardia, Coufos, Bent Metal, and Szabo wineries. Remaining to be interviewed are key individuals of Nevada City, Smith, Luccehesi. Clavey and Truckee River.

The second document is tourist/taster oriented booklet designed to assist the consumer negotiate the country backroads separately the widely scattered wineries of this county. It contains a brief overview of the history associated to gold mining and growth of the wine industry since of the county since the discovery gold. The guide then provided detailed description of how to find each of the present day wineries and the many other attractions and amenities available to the consumer visiting the area. This booklet is titled, “Olney’s Guide to the Wineries of Nevada County.”

We are planning to develop  a similar guide for each of  the other Gold Country counties along the great Highway 49 corridor.

Books/booklets on the wine industry of Lake County, California.

We are in the initial stages of drafting books/booklets on the wine industry of Lake County.


One will be about the career of one of the great winemakers of not only Lake County but while consulting with many others - Jed Steele - who was the first winemaker nand who established the ever popular unique Chardonnay of Kendall Jackson.

The second document is tourist/taster oriented booklet designed to assist the consumer negotiate the highways and country backroads of the 32 wineries of this county. It contains a brief overview of the history associated to the wine industry since of the county since the great migration to California starting in the mid 1840s. The guide then provides detailed description of how to find each of the present day wineries and the many other attractions and amenities available to the consumer visiting the area. This booklet is titled, “Olney’s Guide to the Wineries of Lake County.”

Books/booklets on wineries of Napa County.

We are in the final stages of producing books/booklets on wineries of Napa County.


The first book in draft is titled “The Essence of the Napa County Wine Industry” which will be presented in three parts which are titled

P1 - ‘The Resurrectors” - From Repeal of Prohibition through the 1960s,”
P2 - “The Innovators and Pacesetters” - 1970s to 2000
P3 - “The Inheritors” - 2000 to the present

I have completed recorded interviews lasting from one and a half hours to as much as four hours with all the following greats of the Napa Valley Wine Industry To our knowledge there has never been such a collection of formidable wine industry personalities and talents under one book. * denotes inductees to the California Vintners Hall of Fame under the sponsorship of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Greystone building, St. Helena, CA.

Charles Sullivan, Dario Sattui, *Andy Beckstoffer, Sal Renteria, Bill Hill, Ric Forman, Mitch Consentino, Randy Dunn, Volker Eisele, *Warren Winiarski, Agustin Huneeus, Francis Mahoney, Jack Cakebread, Dan Duckhorn, Mary Novak, Michael Mondavi, Bob Trinchero, Dr. Dick Peterson, Peter Mondavi, Sr.

The following have accepted to be interviewed and we are in process of scheduling such at this time:

Tony Soter, Michael Moone, John DeLuca, Ed Brovelli, Harold Moskowite, Jim Hickey, Elizabeth Martini, Peter Mondavi, Jr., Marc Mondavi. and others which we are still negotiating.

All of those interviewed/to be interviewed are responding to the same set of questions shown below:
1. Major Contribution(s) to the wine industry. What would you most like to be remembered as having contributed to the American Wine Industry? This is probably a difficult question in that you might feel that it requires you to be “bragging” but it really is not that at all’ It is simply your assessment of the contributions you think you have made and continue to make.

2. Significant influence on you. What and/or who do you consider the most significant influences in guiding your thinking and actions in the history of your contributions to the American Wine Industry and how so?

3. Essence of Napa and its wine. Mr. Joel Lewis, retired ad & marketing executive and resident of Napa, recently posed a very interesting question to me as I drove him to SFO which I would like to pass on to you for your comment. “What do you consider to be the ‘essence’ of Napa Valley and indeed, its wine?” The word “Essence” is being defined as “the intrinsic nature of anything; that which makes a thing what it is.”

4. Land Use Codes

Part 1 - My question is, do you ever foresee, given the large number of outside-of-the-county ownerships, the possibility that they could join forces and erode the agricultural preservation codes that have been enacted to date?

Part 2 -Do you foresee the possibilities that the off spring could conceivably take legal action against the county to remove AG Preservation codes on their family land so they can inherit rights that might lead to more money than staying in the AG business?

5. American Wine Industry Hall of Fame. Since the early 1850’s most of the great minds in grape feedstock for the production of wine have been moving and concentrating in the Pacific coastal states, particularly in California and more specifically in the northern counties above the Los Angeles basin.

There is still significant wine production on-going in all the other states where their principal fermenting resource are fruits, berries, honey and native grape varietals, with some production from foreign grape varietal hybrids. These latter areas enjoy loyal wine consumer following and generate impressive tourism and wine sales numbers but nothing like that witnessed among the Pacific coastal states and in particular Napa and Sonoma Counties.

What would you think of the potential marketability of an “American Wine Industry Hall of Fame, Museum and Foundation” located within the City of Napa to recognize those who significantly contributed to the growth of the industry (including all fermentation resources types used to produce a wine) since the discovery of the “new world” and display important artifacts associated to that history and from which the monetary proceeds would support academic pursuits in the history associated to all sub fields of the American Wine Industry?

The second document is tourist/taster oriented booklets designed to assist the consumer negotiate the highways and country backroads of the wineries of this county.

We will be offerring a series of guides, each specific to the boundaries within each of the 14 American Viticultural Area’s (AVA) associated to Napa County and Valley. The first in the series will feature the wineries located in the Stag’s Leap AVA - the first sub-appellation within the county.

It contains a brief overview of the history associated to the wine industry since of the county since the great migration to Californi starting in the mid 1840s. The guide then provides detailed description of how to find each of the present day wineries and the many other attractions and amenities available to the consumer visiting the area. This booklet is titled, “Olney’s Guide to the Wineries of Napa County - Stag‘s Leap Area.”

Principals of WCM&P

Please Click here for the complete background and experiences of->>>John M. Olney, Founding shareholder and Chairman of the Board. Below is a brief abstract.

Graduate of College of the Pacific, a component of the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA with BA degree in Liberal Arts.

Moving from Hawaii (Honolulu) to Napa, California, in 1985, Mr. Olney pursued opportunities in the golf and wine industries where his employment history included two golf courses, three Napa Valley winery tasting rooms (Mumm, Silverado and Andretti) and one restaurant. Throughout these periods, he produced and marketed two wine label poster-maps of Napa Valley winegrowers. He is an acknowledged historian buff and his personal wine-related library includes over 300 books and periodicals from which he draws much of the material in support of the historical essays he has written on Napa and Sonoma wine and winery operations which have been published in Suite 101, St. Helena Star and TWCC site.

In 2005, Mr. Olney established the weB LOG (BLOG) site which has grown from a few hits per day to a popular site supplying wine consumers with up-to-date information about new events and wine releases from approximately 1045 wine producers distributed between Napa and Sonoma Counties. In January 2007, He was named "one of the top wine journalists in America," by the Culinary Institute of America and invited to participate in the selection process of the inaugural inductees to the California Vintners Hall of Fame. He remains an actve member of the Nominating Committee as well as one of the voting writers of te Electoral College.

Before arriving in Napa, California, he served in the U.S. Navy on active duty (1965-1970) at commands in Alaska, then Treasure Island (SF Bay Area) and finally at Pearl Harbor on Oahu. in Hawaii. As an officer he was involved in shore-based detection and tracking of Soviet submarine operations in the Pacific Ocean. For the next five years, and after departing the Navy, he continued to conduct operations analysis for private companies, including the prestigious firm, Arthur D. Little, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1975, Mr. Olney and partners drafted the Energy Conservation and Public Awareness federal grant applications for Hawaii and Territory of American Samoa and was then contracted to assist implement them.

John C. Naab - Shareholder and member of the Board of Directors - Chief Executive OfficerBorn and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Naab traveled the world courtesy of the US Air Force as a missile technician ending up in Seattle, WA where he graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Marketing Management and a minor in Accounting funded by a partial scholarship in Economics, military tuition assistance and part time employment in an automotive and truck machine shop.

Upon graduation, Mr. Naab was hired by Timberline Software of Portland, OR as Western Regional Manager for its construction, developer and property management software directing sales activities, dealer development and local training from Denver, CO and then later in Newport Beach, CA.

Next, Mr. Naab formed his own Management Consulting Service for small and medium size businesses specializing in the automotive, construction, logging, truck and welding industries as well as other marketing driven companies in both California and Washington states.

Mr. Naab came to the Napa Valley at the turn of this century to work with the RH HESS Development Co. to build custom homes and mixed use commercial centers, as its Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Mr. Hess, with the assistance of Mr. Naab, helped to develop the commercial aspects for the City of American Canyon in Napa County.

His most recent community contribution was CFO for the American Canyon Chamber of Commerce from 2002 through 2006.Rand Reynolds - Shareholder and member of Board of Directors - SecretaryGraduate of John F. Kennedy College, Wahoo Nebraska earning a BS degree in Business Administration.

Mr. Reynolds is currently employed by Chevron Pipe Line Company where he is a specialist in identifying rights-of-way needs, plan and negotiate acquisitions, renew rights as necessary, remove encroachments, and other tasks relating to laying and/or moving pipe lines. As such he is constantly dealing with the public and Government in such sensitive manners to maintain and renew right-of-way needs of the Company.

He is well experienced Research Analyst who has the ability to work with city, county, state, and federal agencies to explain and resolve often technical and complex legal and social issues with the public and governmental agencies and yet match the solutions found to his company needs.

Prior experience is very impressive as he was a staff member for Congresswoman Virginia Smith (3rd District Nebraska) - Washington DC 1976 to 1977, Sergeant-at-Arms US Capital (Senate Side) - Washington DC 1975 to 1977and Doorkeeper US Senate - Patronage position by Senator Carl Curtis (Nebraska)Jean A. Abadie - Shareholder and member of Board of Directors - TreasurerNapa College, Associate of Arts Degree - accounting and finance California State University Sonoma, earning a BA degree majoring in accounting and fnance.
Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Masters of Business Administration

Chief Financial Officer (1979 through present) for the Pine River Corporation, a health care provider (with offices in Vallejo, Fairfield, Rio Vista, and Vacaville). Responsible for directing and overseeing financial and accounting operations. Supervise administrative staff, personnel management, financial oversight accounting supervisor, includes review of prepare all tax returns for state, federal and local government, accounts receivable, equipment purchasing, computer software maintenance, and investment and cash resource management.

Chief Financial Officer (1998 through present) for the Aztech Corporation, a pool plastering construction service throughout Northern California. Oversee accounting, provide financial advice and administration, and prepare annual corporate tax returns.

Self Employed as a financial consultant (1971 through present) provide financial counseling and asset management, residential/commercial and estate appraisal services, prepare income tax returns, provide a title insurance company audit response services under contract (current) through Marcus, Wananabe, Snyder & Dave, LLF of Los Angeles, negotiate purchase and sales of business in behalf of clients, and provide estate planning.


Roger Osborne- Shareholder and member of the Board of Directors Former Napa mortgage/financial consultant now residing in Norfolk, Virginia providing financial council to numerous governmental departments and private developers.

Bob Ellis - Shareholder and member of the Board of DirectorsRetired. A former owner-partner in Basalt Cement Company in Napa, Calif., which was sold to Shamrock Cement and for whom Mr. Ellis was their local manager until his retirement in the late 1980s. Before these efforts he served in the Merchant Marines and with his brother, was in the professional photography business in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Site Index/Map for all WCM&P Divisions and Web sites

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Wine Country Marketing & Promotions (WCM&P)
Site Index/Map

Introduction
Owners & Board Members

The Wine Country Club (TWCC)
Site Index/Map

General

Opening page
What others have said about our Web site
Grapes into Wine conversion values

Napa County

Napa County Announcements
Feature Wine Producer Napa County

Sonoma County

Sonoma Country Announcements
Feature Wine Producer Sonoma County

Both Counties

Announcement for Napa/Sonoma Events outside of counties

Wine Producers of America
& Other Links

Site Index/Map

Opening Page

LINKS TO GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS OF AMERICA

The link to each region of USA

INSTITUTIONAL & TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Institutional Organizations Related to American Wine Industry(Federal Gov’t, Wine Education, Trade Associations, etc.)
Varietal Advocacy/Lobbying/Marketing Trade Associations

MEDIA & INTERNET

Media -- T.V., Radio, Newspapers, Magazines and Internet Web sites"
Interesting on-line Forums discussing American wine
American blog sites of special interest
USA wineries with blog site
American Wine Industry Awards, Hall of Fame & Foundation

West Coast Region

(- -) = rank of top ten States in number of wineries whether grapes, other fruits or honey sources

(1) California related links

Links to California wine producing regions & trade associations
Media (T.V., Radio, Newspapers, Magazines) and Internet Web sites

Napa

Links to Napa County/Valley trade associations and wine producers
Napa wineries with a blog

Sonoma

Links to Sonoma County trade associations and wine producers
Sonoma wineries with a blog

Napa/Sonoma Counties

Wine Producer “Collective” Tasting Rooms
Wine Merchant Tasting Rooms
Touring Napa/Sonoma
The Wine Country Club (TWCC)

(2) Washington (in dev.)

(3) Oregon (in dev.)

West, Rocky Mtn’s, Central Regions

(- -) = rank of top ten States in number of wineries whether grapes, other fruits or honey sources

West

Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho

Rocky Mtn,

(9) Colorado, Utah, New Mexico

Central

North - North & South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska
South - Kansas, Oklahoma, (5)Texas

Great Lakes & Mid West Regions (in dev.)
(- -) = rank of top ten States in number of wineries whether grapes, other fruits or honey sources

Illinois , Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, (10) Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin

South Region (in dev.)
(- -) = rank of top ten States in number of wineries whether grapes, other fruits or honey sources

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,(8) North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, (6) Virginia , West Virginia

East Coast Region
(- -) = rank of top ten States in number of wineries whether grapes, other fruits or honey sources

Atlantic Seaboard (in dev.)

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,(4) New York, (7) Pennsylvania

New England

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont

Wine Country Wine Label Poster-Maps
Site Index/Map

Narrative about the production of the Series ‘A’ Poster-map
The labels displayed on Series ‘A’ - Part 1 - American Canyon, Carneros, Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Sage Caynon/Chiles/Pope/Lake Berryessa , Rutherford
The labels displayed on Series ‘A’ - Part 2 - Rutherford, Calistoga, DeerPark, Angwin
The labels displayed on Series ‘B’

The American Wine IndustryTaster's Choice Awards, Hall of Fame Inductions and Foundation

SITE INDEX

Introduction and Overview
1. Nominations for Year 2007-Initiation & Migration Period

A West Coaster’s Look at New England Winegrowing Operations

2. Nominations for Year 2007-Expansionisn & Refinement

George Husmann
Paul Garrett

Nominations for Year 2007-Resurrection & Perfection
Logo and ThemeMembership and Fees
Foundation Funding

“Entwined Vines,”

a wine country draft novel by John Olney
Site Index/Map

Concept and Perspectives

"The SOSUS Man,"

an unpublished novel by our founder, John OlneySite Index/Map

Synopsis and Chapter 1
Chapters 2 through 4

Books and Articles Written by our Founder, John Olney

DRAFT BOOKS

“Entwined Vines” A novel about the changing wine production and politics of Napa Valley wine growers.

Click here>>>>http://twccvines.blogspot.com/2007/01/chapter-one.html - Chapter 1: The Falling Leafs and Growing Seeds of Changing Times

“The SOSUS Man” A novel about Soviet submarine operations in the Pacific Ocean based on actual experience of Mr. Olney. Includes the detection and initial localization of the Soviet submarime that sank off of Hawaii and for which the USA used CIA funds to build the Glomar Explorer an the Howard Hughes Barge 1 which retrieved the submarine (or parts thereof) from over 16,000 feet depth. There are 16 chapters in draft form totaling 400 plus pages.

Click here>>>http://thesosusman.blogspot.com/2005/10/synopsis-and-chapter-1-to-sosus-man.html - Synopsis and Chapter 1.

Click here>>>http://thesosusman.blogspot.com/2005/06/chapters-two-four-of-sosus-man.html - Chapters 2 through Four

ARTICLES

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/08/about-historical-sketches.html
Our Founder’s general comments about the Web sites of the pre-Prohibition Era wine producers.

http://thewinecntryclub.blogspot.com/2007/06/tasting-experience-with-bardessono.htm A Tasting with Bardessono Vineyards, June 17, 2007

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2007/04/general-erasmus-darwin-keyes-creator-of.html General Erasmus Darwin Keyes - Creator of the Edge Hill Estate. April 30, 2007 [Now owned by Leslie Rudd] Historical Site

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/03/here-is-sample-of-what-members-will-see.html
THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME - Initialization and Migration - This period is defined as the time from the first arrival of foreigners to the new world up to year about 1825, with the start of America’s great period when it was declared that it “was our manifest destiny to make the United States, one country reaching from coast to coast.” This became part of what is known as "The Monroe Doctrine." Includes Thomas Jefferson - Third President of the United States [1801-1809] (American Wine Industry contributions: 1773-1826). April 27, 2007

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/04/nominations-for-year-2007-expansionism.html
THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME - Expansionism & Refinement - The period starts from about 1825 and lasts through the enactment of Prohibition against the commercial production of alcoholic beverages in 1920 and up to Repeal of Prohibition in 1933. This is the period when grape wine moved from American varietals and their "foxy" taste to the palette on the East Coast to the pioneers moving to the West Coast and into production using European varietals with a much more refined after-taste. April 27, 2007

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/04/captain-paul-garrett-virgina-dare-wine.html
Captain Paul Garrett -Virginia Dare Wine & Vine-Glo. (American Wine Industry contributions: 1900-1940) April 27, 2007

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-husmann-candidate-for-hall-of.html
George Husmann (1827-1902) - A Wine Writer, Vineyard Manager and Wine Producer Extraordinaire. April 27, 2007

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/04/nominations-for-year-2007-resurrection.html
THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME - Resurrection & Perfection - This period commences with Repeal of Prohibition in 1933 and goes to the present. This period constitutes when winemaking retreated from sweet, fortified wines and moved back to premium varietals and excellent generic wines produced in mass quantities. (This period of time is in development) April 27, 2007

http://amerwine.blogspot.com/2007/03/west-coasters-look-at-new-england.html
A West Coaster’s Look at New England Winegrowing Operations, March 28, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/03/winegrower-dinner-at-restaurant-cuvee.html Winegrower Dinner at Restaurant Cuvee Napa, March 25, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/02/brass-sounds-at-uvas.html
Brass Sounds a at UVA’s, February 23, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/02/are-autotaste-and-autobarrel-wave-of.html
ARE “AUTOTASTE” AND “AUTOBARREL” THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE ? February 21, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/03/maze-of-winery-licensing-and-charity.html
A maze of winery licensing and charity events . Published in "Your Turn," Napa Valley Register Newspaper, Sunday, February 18, 2007

http://thewinecntryclub.blogspot.com/2007/02/nite-of-blow-away-r-at-uvas-in-downtown.html
R&B at UVA's in Downtown Napa, February 6, 2007

http://twccvines.blogspot.com/2007/01/initial-draft-work-undergoing-creation.html
THE REZONING OF NAPA COUNTY - A Hypothetical Myth or could it Become a Reality? January 29, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/01/1-st-annual-vintners-hall-of-fame.html
1st Annual Vintner's Hall of Fame Nominations - VINTNER’S HALL OF FAME - THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION, January 29, 2007

http://thewinecntryclub.blogspot.com/2007/02/trade-only-tasting-at-frazier-winery.html
A trade-Only Tasting at Frazier Winery - Napa , January 21, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2007/01/jazz-in-napa.html
Jazz in Napa - OUT AND ABOUT NAPA, January 21, 2007

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2006/11/tasting-of-vie-wines.html
Tasting of VIE Wines - A Wine and Food Tasting, November 15, 2006

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2006/10/food-wine-tasting-with-cuve-napa-and.html
Tasting with Cuvée Napa and Modus Operandi, October 19, 2006

http://www.sthelenastar.com/articles/2006/08/03/features/community/iq_3542130.txt Alfred Loving Tubbs and the birth of Chateau Montelena, Published inThe St. Helena Star Newspaper, Thursday, August 3, 2006

A series on Judd’s Hill Winery of Napa
http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2005/06/part-1-visit-to-judds-hill.html
A VISIT TO JUDD’S HILL VINEYARDS AND WINERY IN CONN VALLEY, Part 1
of 3, May 13, 2005.

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2005/06/part-2-of-visiting-judds-hill-winery.html
A VISIT TO JUDD’S HILL VINEYARDS AND WINERY IN CONN VALLEY, Part 2 of 3, “A Conversation with Holly -- The Mysterious Miss Mauna Loa -- of Judd’s Hill,” May 13, 2005.

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2005/06/visit-to-judds-hill-vineyards-and.html
A VISIT TO JUDD’S HILL VINEYARDS AND WINERY IN CONN VALLEY, Tasting Judd’s Hill a 1,000 feet up,” Part 3 of 3, June 2, 2005.

Three-Part Article - The following historical review was first published under the purview of Suite 101.com, in its History Category under Elegant Old Wineries.
http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/08/creation-of-niebaum-coppola-estate.html
The Stories Underlying The Niebaum-Coppola Estate - The Real Origins of Inglenook Vineyards, , June 20, 2005 [Now owned by Movie Mogul Francis Ford Coppola and renamed “Rubicon“] Historical Site

http://twcctastings.blogspot.com/2005/05/beer-or-wine-festival-in-clayton-ca.html
Festival in Clayton, CA - ART & WINE or ART & BEER? May 3, 2007

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/04/part-one-krug-estate-charles-krug-era.html Two-Part Article Historical Site - THE KRUG ESTATE - PART 1 -THE CHARLES KRUG ERA (Duration: 1860-1892) , April 5, 2005 [Now owned and operated by the Peter Mondavi Family]

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/04/part-two-of-krug-estate-james-k.html
Part 2 -- 2nd Krug Ranch Owner: James Kennedy Moffitt (Duration: 1892-1943), April 5, 2005 [Now owned and operated by the Peter Mondavi Family] Historical Site

Two-Part Article - The following historical review was first published under the purview of Suite 101.com, in its History Category under Elegant Old Wineries.
http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/08/elegant-old-winery-by-silverado-resort.html Morris M. Estee Creates Hedgeside Winery & Distillery - . May 9, 2005. [Now occupied by Del Dotto Vineyards] Historical Site

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/04/story-of-bouchaine-winery.html
Bouchaine Vineyards - Progression of ownership: Boone (a.k.a. Boon) Fly, Johnny Garetto, Beringer Brothers. March 11, 2005 [Now owned by Gerret & Tatiana Van S. Copeland, a duPont heir] Historical Site

http://twcchistories.blogspot.com/2005/04/part-one-chateau-montelena-alfred-l.html CHATEAU MONTELENA - Alfred Lovering Tubbs: (1827 - 1896). The Major Business Enterprises: Tubbs Cordage Company, San Francisco; Tubbs Hotel, Oakland; Hillcrest Estate & Chateau Montelena Winery. March 11, 2005. Historical Site