I’m not sure who is to blame for founding the I-only-drink-red-wine club. I have often wondered why some devoted wine drinkers are so adamant about excluding anything not red?
I was invited to a rather special wine tasting recently. You can figure something’s up when a tasting happens at 11 a.m. on a Monday morning, and people are excited
Western Nevada County businesses saw a great deal of change this year, from new names on Grass Valley and Nevada City storefronts to the closing of businesses with decades of history. The Union looks back…
Photo: Elias Funez
, a wine shop offering both local and imported wines, opened Saturday on the ground floor of the Holbrooke Hotel in Grass Valley.
John Seeger Gilman, the owner of New West Wine Co., said two primary motivating factors brought him to open the shop, which is at 212 W. Main St.
Gilman said the first was that, while he loves Californian wines and will carry them at the shop, he noticed that wines from “a whole world” of other origins, including from certain European and South American countries, were harder to find and thought the addition of these would fit in well with the local community.
By Lorraine Jewett | Special to The Union
Show Our Fairgrounds Some Love. After a year without events and less staff on board due to pandemic-related layoffs, California’s Most Beautiful Fairgrounds needs some spring cleaning. An enthusiastic group of NevCo Fair lovers is planning a May 1 work day. “Excitement is over the top for this project,” says committee member Debbie Prisk Olsen. “The scope of work is daunting, but we can do this!” Individuals, families, service organizations, nonprofits, high school students and everyone willing to roll up their sleeves are invited to trim flowers and bushes, spread compost, prep lawns for mowing, pressure wash and paint structures, whack weeds, rake pine needles, and pick up pine cones, sticks and trash (monetary donations also accepted). The plan is to organize two four-hour shifts: 8 a.m. to noon and noon to 4 p.m. Volunteers are asked to sign up by completing a form at http://www.NevadaCountyFair.com