Being a vintner is a never ending process. Often it is exhausting, and at times, overwhelming. When these moments creep up on you, it is so important to stop and reflect on your why. We chose this lifestyle and more often than not, it is fun. There is nothing exactly...
By Curt Sandman and Jennifer Barron Jenny and I were educating ourselves about wine. We had begun to appreciate the companionship between good food and great wine, and since we did a fair amount of cooking, we decided it was time to start collecting wine that...
By: Christopher Tenggren My Story of Jim & Barbara Richards of Paloma Vineyards - Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, CA Long ago now (and many of the details are either lost to age or filed away in my own mental archives), my recollections as a fan, a follower, and...
By Lewis Morgenstern In 2005-2006, my wife and I were making one of our first Napa trips. I called Paloma and Barbara answered. She invited us to come up to the house to taste. My wife and I sat with her (with intermittent visits from Jim) in the living room for quite...
We were 3 couples on our annual trip back in 2008: my brother Rob and his wife Jean from Raleigh (they are most knowledgeable), friends from NJ, and us. The 6 of us had a great time visiting Hourglass, Joseph Phelps, Malk, Arietta, Shafer, and some others, but the...
In 2010, Joy and I visited Paloma for the first time. We met Paloma’s matriarch, Barbara Richards. Not only did we have a great time tasting on the back porch with the hummingbirds, but also found her stories of Paloma’s start and growth fascinating. We have loved...