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  Wine Notes: Judd Family Wines

  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.

• California chardonnays too similar

  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.

• Wine Notes: Effects of the recession on industry

• Rhone zone offers plenty of bargains

• Wine Notes: Phantom Rivers Wine

• Toro, Spain, offers some strong reds

• Wine Notes: Oso Libre

• Wine notes: Saxum Winery

• Wine Notes: Zoller Wine Styling

• Wine Notes: Barrel 27 Wine Company

• Wine Notes: The Wine Wrangler

• The Grapevine: Villa Creek wines in Paso Robles get more polish

• Wine Notes: Croad Vineyards

• Wine notes: Bella Collina Vineyards

Vintages Vintages

Olive oil in wine country

It’s been a cozy relationship for centuries: wine and olive oil, olives and grapes.

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• Tours to take you off the beaten path

• Sideways into the Santa Maria Valley

• Central Coast hot spots

• Tastings: 3 wines to drink now, 3 to cellar

Dining Dining

Stylish seafood

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.

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• Feast for the senses, fresh from the farm

• Lots to love at Sally Loo’s