Shadybrook Estate

Shadybrook Estate

Which came first? The horses or the vines? At Shadybrook Estate, where a dozen gentle steeds roam the Coombsville AVA property, it’s a toss-up. Once a working ranch, pasture land has long given way to vines, and this hidden winery gem now produces, at the helm of...
Elegant Wine Tours with Liam Mac Cana

Elegant Wine Tours with Liam Mac Cana

Liam Mac Cana is not your ordinary wine tour guide. Like others in the industry, he  owns  and  operates  the requisite luxury vehicles (from Towncars to limousines and soon he’ll add a fourteen seat Sprinter van to the fleet.) He’s prompt and...
Loch & Union Distilling

Loch & Union Distilling

Raising the Bar on Spirits Life’s path is not always straight. Typically, after earning a master’s degree, one settles into a career and so begins the  journey.  Not so for Colin Baker. Just two years after graduating from USC with a master’s degree in...
Sciandri Family Vineyards

Sciandri Family Vineyards

Wine With A Touch Of Family At Sciandri Family Vineyards When Rebecca Sciandri’s parents Ron and Roberta began thinking about  retiring,  there  was  only one place they had in mind – Napa  Valley – so in 1992, they moved to Coombsville – and...
A Taste of Howell Mountain In Texas

A Taste of Howell Mountain In Texas

For the wine enthusiast who lives in Texas, but plays in Napa had the opportunity to enjoy world-class wines from Howell Mountain Appellation wineries during their Moving Mountains: A Taste of Howell Mountain at the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental Hotel located in...