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SUISUN VALLEY — An inaugural staff blend of some of Wooden Valley Winery’s top wines has netted three charities a combined $6,250. The local arm of the Alzheimer’s Association, the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland and Lucky Ones Ranch in
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Tolenas Winery winemaker and co-owner Lisa Howard samples some of the winery's recent vintage, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Armijo graduate serves as lead winemaker at Tolenas Winery SUISUN VALLEY — Lisa Howard wanted to run away as fast and as far as she could after finishing up at Armijo High School. She went to Cal Poly and earned an engineering degree. She ended up in Arizona building large irrigation systems for farmers. It was then her husband told her she was a “fish out of water.” She returned to Suisun Valley six years ag...