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By: Christopher Tenggren My Story of Jim & Barbara Richards of Paloma Vineyards - Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, CA Long ago now (and many of the

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

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

We were 3 couples on our annual trip back in 2008: my brother Rob and his wife Jean from Raleigh (they are most knowledgeable),

In August, we were all very excited to welcome a new member of the Richards family into the world: Fynn Carter Richards. Jace and

In the fall of 2019, we removed another 450 aging Merlot vines and replaced them in the spring of 2020 with Cabernet Franc. We

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

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,

Even though we had lots of smoke from the Shasta and Mendocino fires, the temperatures were moderate, so the berries were plump and beautiful,

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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