Paloma Vineyard

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 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.

This year was a tough one. In May, at the age of 83, Barbara passed away due to complications from a stroke. It left

2013 was another great growing season, but 2014 and 2015 would not fare as well. After our fifth consecutive year of drought, in 2014,