Lowell Downey & Janna Waldinger
Intriguing Photographers Art & Clarity Celebrates 25 years of creating the extraordinary in Napa “Most of us pick up a camera, click the shutter, and have a snapshot. Lowell Downey and Janna Waldinger, click the shutter, and weave magic”, wrote Jim Brumm, local...
Paul Fields
Intriguing Executive Chef Who Gives Back Paul Fields has a colorful history during his past 25 years living in Napa Valley. Trained as an ironworker, he helped build Oracle Park and the International Terminal at SFO. He also spent time as a correctional officer at San...
Scott Goldie
Intriguing Investor in the Community Scott Goldie, the president of the Napa Valley Wine Train, has so much happening at work that it’s a challenge to learn more about him personally. The train is a natural for Goldie, whose grandfather was a railroad engineer, but he...
Bettina Rouas of Angele
Intriguing Restauranteur Being born into her family, Bettina Rouas was almost predestined to own a restaurant like Angèle. She was born and raised in San Francisco, where her father Claude Rouas owned famed L’Etoile, and her uncle owned equally renowned Fleur de Lys....
Paul Lange
Intriguing Storyteller Napa Valley is filled with performers, broadcasters, showmen, hucksters, and barkers. Some have even mastered the fine art of storytelling. A few of those have honed the most compelling skill a storyteller can acquire; the ability to know when...
Kerrin Laz
Intriguing Wine Aficionado When Kerrin Laz joined Dean & DeLuca in 2003 as wine buyer for the Washington DC store, she had little experience in the field of wine. Today, Laz oversees two eponymous Napa Valley tasting rooms – in Yountville and at CIA Copia in...
Marcus Marquez
Intriguing Change Agent Marcus fell in love with the food and wine scene of Napa Valley in the late 1990s when working at The Kitchen in Sacramento. As the manager and one of the wine buyers, he was very proud of the Wine Spectator award they received for the wine...
Ira Yeager
Intriguing Local Artist From the verdant valleys of Napa to the eighteenth century courtly French painters he often emulates, Ira Yeager derives inspiration from the many places he has at one time called home: Florence, Corfu, Tangiers, Santa Fe, New York City, San...
