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Ever since James Thurston Judd’s great-grandfather planted grapes on his Utah ranch and started quietly making wine for the Mormon Church, farming and wine have been Judd family traditions.
Something needs to be done about the sad state of California chardonnay. I sample several dozen of them every month, and I hardly ever find one that’s truly interesting or distinctive. A lot of the wines are downright undrinkable, with noticeable alcoholic “heat,” too much residual sugar and/or oak that’s way too aggressive.
It’s been a cozy relationship for centuries: wine and olive oil, olives and grapes.
Cioppino and pinot noir is a winning culinary combo being celebrated in style at Leonard and Wendy Cohen’s new Ciopinot Seafood Grille in downtown San Luis Obispo.