Roma to Sonoma | Layne Randolph | Wine and Travel Journalist

LAZIO: VOLCANO TO THE SEA | WINE & TRAVEL

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

Napa Valley Life Magazine
Southern Lazio’s volcano-to-the-sea area begins at the Castelli Romani and extends to the adjacent Latina region that hugs the coastline from Nettuno to Gaeta. Here, Lazio producers are experimenting with rare and little-used native varieties, and this, coupled with the volcano-to-sea terroir, is elevating the region to a new echelon.

Sonoma (US)

MAXIMILIAN RIEDEL: RIEDEL’S ELEVENTH GENERATION’S LEADER | WINE

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

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.”

Roma (Italy)

WHY IS A VINEYARD GROWING ON ROME’S PALATINE HILL? | WINE

Posted on February 28, 2024May 4, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Decanter
Over the centuries, the city of Rome and the surrounding region of Lazio have lost the ‘world’s greatest wine producer’ moniker, but a new project intends to reclaim its viticultural past.

Roma (Italy)

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)

LUNAR YOGA AND LUXURY IN HALF MOON BAY | TRAVEL & WELLNESS

Posted on February 18, 2024March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

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.

Sonoma (US)

THE INK HOUSE: JEAN CHARLES BOISSET AND GINA GALLO’S LABOR OF LOVE | TRAVEL

Posted on May 16, 2023March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

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.

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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.