Our Story: Sheldon’s Craft
Sheldon started life in west Texas where his geologist father, Jim, searched for oil and gas. By the time Sheldon was 12, his father’s
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Sheldon started life in west Texas where his geologist father, Jim, searched for oil and gas. By the time Sheldon was 12, his father’s
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In August, we were all very excited to welcome a new member of the Richards family into the world: Fynn Carter Richards. Jace and
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In the fall of 2019, we removed another 450 aging Merlot vines and replaced them in the spring of 2020 with Cabernet Franc. We
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Harvest of 2019 was subject to another set of fires. This time strictly North/North West of Napa in the Mendocino and Shasta regions. Fire,
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Even though we had lots of smoke from the Shasta and Mendocino fires, the temperatures were moderate, so the berries were plump and beautiful,
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In the winter of 2016/2017, we removed about 550 aging Merlot vines and replaced them with Cabernet Franc vines, a favorite varietal of Sheldon's.
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This year was a tough one. In May, at the age of 83, Barbara passed away due to complications from a stroke. It left
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2013 was another great growing season, but 2014 and 2015 would not fare as well. After our fifth consecutive year of drought, in 2014,
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The founders of Paloma Vineyard, Barbara and Jim Richards, dreamt of building a vineyard focused on sustainable farming that would highlight the grapes and
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We finally got back to normal growing weather in 2012. Many have proclaimed it the vintage of the decade, even though we are only
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