2016 Year in Review
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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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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2010 was the first of two challenging years for farming and winemaking. It was unusually cool, which made getting the fruit as ripe as
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For the third time in 6 years, the Paloma Merlot made the Wine Spectator's Top 100. Out of over 18,000 wines tasted in 2008,
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Sheldon finished building his home in late September, just in time to help with harvest. Finally, after two difficult years, we had a good
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Again, we lost half the crop to shatter — two years in a row! We had a PV (photovoltaic) solar system placed on the
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The Wine Spectator placed our wine in the top 100 again; the 2002 Paloma Merlot was 54th of over 12,000 wines tasted this year.
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Our son Sheldon, who had been living in Canada for 35 years, joined our business in August, just in time for harvest. Fortunately, he
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