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Community Profiles – Georgia Slide

by Doug Noble • December 19, 2012 • 3 Comments

  Many history books paint the incorrect picture that until Marshall picked up a few flakes of gold at Coloma in 1848, gold mining was unknown in the United States. But this is far from true. In Southern California, at…

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Skinner Winery: New Vines from Family Roots

by Doug Noble • December 2, 2012 • 0 Comments

It was 1842 and James Skinner, his wife Jessie and his oldest son, James Jr., stepped off a boat into the United States. Thirty years old at the time, Skinner had been born in the Scottish town of Kettle in…

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2012 Best Microwinery, Red – Hoyt Family Vineyards

by Doug Noble • December 1, 2012 • 0 Comments

Hoyt Family Vineyards     5929 Kanan Dume Road Malibu, California 90265 310-457-3832 “We were quite excited when we found out about this award,” said Carol Hoyt, winemaker and owner, with her husband Stephen, of Hoyt Family Vineyards in Malibu, California.…

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2012 Best Microwinery, Other – Rancho de Philo

by Doug Noble • December 1, 2012 • 0 Comments

Rancho de Philo Winery, 10050 Wilson Avenue, Alta Loma, California (909) 987-4208. Generally when one thinks of microwineries in California, the image is often that of a small retirement business, producing a small amount of wine from a few acres…

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California Golden Winery 2012 – Chacewater Wine Co. & Olive Mill

by Doug Noble • December 1, 2012 • 0 Comments

Chacewater Wine Co. & Olive Mill 5625 Gaddy Lane, Kelseyville, California (707) 279-2995 Ten for ten plus: ten wines entered in the 2012 California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition and ten medals received, along with four Best of Class awards…

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Armistice Day 1945 – A Childhood Memory

by Doug Noble • November 14, 2012 • 0 Comments

I was seven and my grandfather held my hand as we walked the few blocks to Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, CA, the city were I grew up. I believe it was Armistice Day (now Veteran’s Day) in 1945, but because…

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