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257 Years — Southern California wine history
Temecula is Fighting
Temecula has been quietly making 91-94 point Italian, Rhône, and Iberian wines for two decades. Falkner, Renzoni, Lorenzi, Palumbo. Even the tourism…
Jul 19
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The Long Silence: Thirteen Dry Years, and the Thirty-Two That Followed
Prohibition wasn't a thirteen-year interruption for Southern California wine. It was the beginning of a thirty-two-year erasure. The industry appeared…
Jul 8
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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What the Freeway Buried: The Pride of Cucamonga
In 1942, my great-grandfather Thomas Tatton was a carpenter at the Padre Vineyard Company in Cucamonga. The winery held California Bonded Winery License…
Jun 28
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Before Napa, Los Angeles Was the Wine Capital
In 1857, Los Angeles produced 91% of California's wine. Sonoma was just beginning. Napa, hardly at all. This is the story of the City of Vines — and the…
May 28
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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Before Napa, There Was a Boat Leaving Spain
The Mission grape traveled from Spain to Mexico to San Diego over five centuries. The descendants are still growing today — most people drive past them…
May 3
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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257 Years: How Southern California Lost and Found Its Wine
A series in many parts. It begins with a draft card, two great-grandfathers, and a vine older than the United States.
Apr 15
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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The First Pour
A kid in Anaheim, a kind old man with Concord grape juice, and how a life in wine actually begins
Mar 11
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Jennifer Ann Blair
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