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Posted on May 05, 2021 Napa, California; April 28, 2021: Colleen FitzGerald will now oversee the Chenin Blanc + Viognier (CB+V) program at Pine Ridge Vineyards. The aromatic and innovative CB+V white blend, pioneered by Pine Ridge Vineyards founder Gary Andrus in 1995, has become a favorite amongst those who discover it and is now one of America’s most popular white wines.  This is a natural transition for Colleen, who originally joined Pine Ridge Vineyards as enologist in 2015 and was promoted to Assistant Winemaker for CB+V in 2018. She has an unmatched knowledge of the care needed to p...

Posted on April 15, 2021   Napa, California; April 1, 2021: Josh Mendoza-Widaman joins Pine Ridge Vineyards’ intrepid winemaking program as Estate Winemaker. Josh brings over 20 years of experience producing 90+ point Napa Valley wines to an already seasoned and passionate Pine Ridge team. Josh will oversee the winery’s estate vineyards, most notably producing elegant and expressive Cabernet Sauvignon, in five premier Napa Valley appellations: Stags Leap District, Howell Mountain, Oakville, Rutherford, and Carneros. Josh is well suited to continue the highly ambitious winemaking Pine Ri...

30 vintages in, Lula Cellars’ Matt Parish excited by a ‘learning curve that keeps going up’ Updated Jan 19, 2021; Posted Jan 18, 2021 A photo of the team at Lula Cellars, located in California's Anderson Valley. Matt Parish is seated on the far right. Facebook Share Matt Parish joined Lula Cellars in the summer of 2017, taking over the winemaking at a limited production, ultra-premium winery situated in the “Deep End” of California’s Anderson Valley, a 2 1/2-hour drive north up the coast from San Francisco. It’s located outside the town of Philo, in Mendocino County, 25 minute...