Calera Winery featured on magazine cover
Anyone doubting the quality of our local wines should read the recent Wine Spectator magazine that featured Josh Jensen of Calera Winery (Hollister) on the cover. Jensen's Burgundy-style Pinot Noirs are world famous for their vivid berry flavors and limestone minerality. Calera's wines are so good that the winemaker from Opus One in Napa Valley makes an annual visit to Calera to get pointers on growing wine grapes. In addition to Wine Spectator, Wine and Spirits magazine has again named Calera as one of the top 100 wineries of 2013. Calera may be a little off the beaten path, but the drive will reward you with a taste of its wines and equally spectacular views of the Diablo mountains.
When picking your Thanksgiving turkey, choose wisely
Thanksgiving is approaching and, as usual, I am hosting family
Memorial Day bacon hot dogs: Now we’re grilling!
Here’s some old fashioned American ingenuity for you, and it comes right in the nick of time. In fact, this news just might save your Memorial Day picnic.
Pit bull attack #22 and let’s hope Mary Cortani and Phil Robb win
Another awful pit bull attack … enough is enough, it’s time for the new City Council to ban the breed from Gilroy. Take a model ordinance, spend precious little money on paying the city attorney firm Berliner Cohen to take a look at it and pass it. Unfortunately, it’s the best solution for the growing problem of random, vicious attacks. It’s only a matter of time before it’s not a dead family pet, which is tragedy enough, but a dead child.
San Jose defeats Columbus; draws even
The San Jose Sharks pulled even at 2-2 for the season Wednesday,
Reagan, flawed and complex, boosted America’s morale
In my senior year of high school, when I turned 18, I registered
Disney on Ice is educational and delightful
Grab the kids and get to the Disney on Ice presentation of














