The University of California began to take a serious interest in viticulture. In the fall of 1880 the legislature appropriated $3,000 for research in enology at Berkeley, including the construction of a brick cellar on the campus.
An early report to the president of the university by Dean Hilgard, Professor of Agriculture, is filled with timely [...]

If you would enjoy fame as a wine expert, there is an easy way to acquire that reputation. Next time you are served a glass of wine, lift it by the stem (not the bowl!). Wave it under your nose with a circular motion. Smell the wine, and look thoughtful. Take a sip, cautiously. Then, [...]

There is still another use for a customized variety of the rock garden which has been taken little advantage of. This is referred to as “rock garden foundation planting.”
There are a few such plantings effectively executed to feel content that there is a field here which has not yet been developed. In many sections where [...]

Whiskey is a powerful drink and whiskey is a powerful word—possibly because both are of Irish origin. The English articulation of the word in use today is based upon a word the earliest Gaels applied to the result of their stills, for it appears they were the primary whiskey-makers.
The name they gave the distilled spirit [...]

When the Agricultural Society recognized the need of serious research and supervision for the entire wine industry in 1861, Col. Haraszthy had already solved the problem that faced them. New varieties were needed with experimental, supervised planting in various sections of the State.
In 1861 Governor Downey appointed Col. Haraszthy to head a commission to go [...]

Blanca, one of North County San Diego’s newest fine dining restaurants is definitely suitably named. With snow white dining plates, table linens, pendant lanterns, and a prominent concrete bar, Blanca is elegant, classy, and cool—just like Solana Beach and the surrounding North County area.
Proprietors Seth Bass and Debbie Hugonin named the restaurant Blanca for this [...]

In 1940, the war in Europe had cut off supplies of French wines and only a trickle of spirituous liquors was coming into the American market. Importers turned en masse to California for a marketable source of revenue. Men carrying brief cases were a familiar sight in the vineyard valleys. They came with gold and [...]

“Truly,” says an English writer, “the transformation of a tract of swamp and rock into one of the most beautiful parks in the world is a striking monument of American skill and perseverance.”
It is more than that; it is a work of genius. The more it is studied, the more we wonder at the prophetic [...]

Simply put, life insurance is bought to make sure your dependents are financially secure when you pass away. Premiums are paid to the life insurance company and the company takes the premium money and invests it. When the person paying the premium (the insured) passes away, the insurance company pays out that individual’s beneficiary.
Although it [...]

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