Haute Living Magazine
Riedel learned firsthand from two of the 11 generations. He shared, “I was a big fan of my grandfather [Claus Josef Riedel] and how he approached business. I’m an even bigger fan of my father and how he conducts business. They gave me enthusiasm and allowed me to shine.”
Category: Sonoma (US)
LUNAR YOGA AND LUXURY IN HALF MOON BAY | TRAVEL & WELLNESS
Haute Living Magazine
Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay’s wellness retreat is a total health experience for the body, mind, stomach, and soul. Activities like coastal hiking, biking, indoor pickleball, and swimming add to the allure of the stunning golf course—one of the resort’s biggest draws. Because of the scenic view, guests lounge at the large Ocean Terrace for cocktails/mocktails and light lunch around communal fire pits. It’s like an apres-ski experience, minus the skiing.
LOCAL INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE SONOMA WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL
Wine Enthusiast Magazine
We asked some in-the-know locals which wineries they love to visit right now. Here, we present some of their favorites and our recommendations for places to stay and eat nearby.
SONOMA’S HIGHWAY 12: TRAVEL THROUGH THE BIRTHPLACE OF CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY | WINE & TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine
Highway 12 travels right through the town of Sonoma, not to be confused with the Sonoma Valley AVA or the larger Sonoma County that contains it all. Yes, the word Sonoma is confusingly repetitive, which may be why many people refer to all these simply as “Sonoma.”
ROMA TO SONOMA E RITORNO: CINCINNATO WINERY’S INTERVIEW WITH LAYNE RANDOLPH | WINE
Fabio Ciarla, Cincinnato Winery
An incredible path that binds Layne Randolph to Italy, if “the outward journey” saw fashion as the protagonist, “the return” is all oriented towards wine. After a few years of study and work in Turin and Rome, with prestigious assignments for fashion houses of the level of Fendi, Layne decided to return to the US to pursue other career paths, however choosing a landscape that was similar to the Italian hills. So here is Sonoma, and the beginning of an adventure in the world of wine that she explains to us in the first answer to our questions. We met her for an insight into the wines of Lazio and we are really happy to have had this opportunity, such high-level writing is what every territory wants to make itself known!
NAPA INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL
Wine Enthusiast Magazine
It’s a modern boutique tasting room, haunted, and the former home of the first female vintner in 1886. Oh, and it used to be a brothel.
THE INK HOUSE: JEAN CHARLES BOISSET AND GINA GALLO’S LABOR OF LOVE | TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine
The Ink House represents the Boisset’s first Napa Valley restoration project together, but the couple has restored many buildings from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including Chateau de Pierreux, La Maison in Vougeot, Louis Bouillot, and their family winery Jean-Claude Boisset in Nuits-St-Georges.
VALLEY OF THE GIANTS: NAPA AND SONOMA | TRAVEL
Oltre Magazine
America’s Preeminent Wine Region is enjoying an unprecedented revival. We assembled the local experts and curated more than 100 recommendations for wine tasting, art viewing, fine dining, picnicking, horseback riding, mud bathing and more.
DISCOVER ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE WINE AT NAPA HOT SPOTS | ART & WINE
AFAR magazine
The worlds of wine and art have been linked for centuries. Wine appeared in ancient drawings of vines and harvest in Egyptian tombs, the Renaissance brought paintings like Caravaggio’s Bacchus, and today wine still has the power to inspire artists. Both passions are associated with creativity, culture, and pleasure, and both express and evoke emotion—so naturally blending the two creates a heightened sensory experience.
That seems especially true in Napa Valley, where oenophiles and art experts often produce the perfect pairing. Here are five places to experience them together.
NAPA VALLEY’S WINE TRAIN: THE GILDED AGE OF TRAVEL | TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine
Riding the Wine Train is a combination of nostalgia and adventure; it is easy to imagine the amazement of the first travelers as they were wined and dined and entertained by the experience and views as they rode the rails. Today, the ancient train supplies modern conveniences like air conditioning, but the feeling of train travel during the time of the pioneers is still there. The difference lies in the miles of vineyards in every direction and mammoth world-class wineries lining the road as the train chug-chugs along Napa’s Vine Trail, whistle blowing as it passes crossroads along the way.