Category: Wine

DOLCE & GABBANA AND DONNAFUGATA: SICILY’S NEW DREAM TEAM | WINE

Posted on February 23, 2024May 4, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Haute Living Magazine
Everything about the Donnafugata partnership with the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house is based around the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The two powerhouses with Sicilian roots joined forces in 2019 to create an even more powerful collaboration—a wine collection designed with Dolce & Gabbana style and Donnafugata wine expertise.

Roma (Italy)

ÔMINA ROMANA: GOOD OMENS ABOUND IN CASTELLI ROMANI | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on February 20, 2024March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
This is where ancient Roman nobility and popes sourced the most prized wine, and here, near the town of Velletri, the Ômina Romana (Roman Omens) winery and vineyards thrive. The vines—planted in volcanic soil, warmed by the Mediterranean sun, and cooled by sea breezes—grow in an optimal micro-climate that allows them to express their full potential. And it has—Ômina Romana used the fruit from these vines and state-of-the-art tools and scientific research to produce wine worthy of Italy’s highest rating: Tre Bicchieri.

Sonoma (US)

LOCAL INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE SONOMA WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on December 19, 2023March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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 (US)

THE BIRTHPLACE OF CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on August 27, 2023August 28, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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 (Italy)

ROMA TO SONOMA E RITORNO: CINCINNATO WINERY’S INTERVIEW WITH LAYNE RANDOLPH | WINE

Posted on May 26, 2023July 28, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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!

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NAPA INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on May 25, 2023March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

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VALLEY OF THE GIANTS: NAPA AND SONOMA AMONG WORLD’S TOP WINE REGIONS| TRAVEL

Posted on March 27, 2023October 25, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

Roma (Italy)

IN THE SHADOW OF ROME: ANCIENT ROMAN GRAPES | WINE

Posted on January 14, 2023May 4, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Nero Buono’s history is unknown. Claudio Gargiulo of Carpineti explained. “We are working with the village of Cori to find the DNA origin of the Nero Buono grape, but we have not found a relative, and it’s possible that none exists today. So, we are [literally] writing the history of Nero Buono now.”

Art

DISCOVER ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE WINE AT NAPA HOT SPOTS | ART & WINE

Posted on December 26, 2022March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

Sonoma (US)

NAPA VALLEY’S WINE TRAIN: THE GILDED AGE OF TRAVEL | TRAVEL

Posted on October 6, 2022March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

Sonoma (US)

CARMEL’S GOURMETFEST: BON VIVANTS DESCEN ON CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on August 26, 2021June 20, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Haute Living Magazine
The Relais & Châteaux GourmetFest is not, nor does it try to be, an event for the average food and wine lover. This is where true connoisseurs come to play, where elite wine collectors gather to share their very specialized obsession with like-minded folks such as legendary sommeliers Rajat Parr and Larry Stone.

Sonoma (US)

PALAZZO WINE | WINE

Posted on August 26, 2021March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
Several years earlier, when deciding on varieties, Palazzo adamantly selected Merlot and Cabernet Franc. “Everyone discouraged me and said, ‘You’re in Napa, Cab is king,'” Palazzo said, “I said, ‘No, I’m going to make what I love – a Right Bank Bordeaux Blend.'”