Gamble Ranch News Today

Improved management of rangeland, better recovery from wildfires, among likely benefits

Leading winemaker Penfolds won a global wine “Oscar” in Paris this week just three months after it was snubbed in Australian wine awards.   

Last month I was fortunate to attend an extremely educational seminar and tasting centered on Sauvignon Blanc and hosted by Tom Gamble – third generation farmer/proprietor of Gamble Family Vineyards – whose family has been farming in the Napa Valley since 1916.

The lingering effects of a wet winter and a cool spring have Napa Valley grape growers anticipating the latest harvest in years.

Assemblyman, local wildlife panel oppose plan

The lingering effects of a wet winter and a cool spring have Napa Valley grape growers anticipating the latest harvest in years.

Winecup Gamble Ranch wants to exchange private land for public land and is proposing conservation easements that would be written into law and still allow for livestock operations

Early in 2021, Peter Gago, chief winemaker at Penfolds, introduced me to four new California-based wines over a Zoom call. He had sent two bottles of each wine for our meeting and, later, we included a set in our blind tastings. As in the past, the Penfolds’ lineup swept our South Australia tastings; and these new

Each year Wine Enthusiast magazine publishes a list of their 100 best buys. They explain it this way: “In a year when US gas prices, grocery prices, housing costs and interest rates all jumped dramat...