March 3, 2021, Los Angeles/Windsor, California –— Robert (Bob) Adam Stein passed away peacefully on February 16 at his home in Pacific Palisades from an extended battle with leukemia. He is survived by his wife Renée Brown Stein and sons Jared Stein and David Stein and grandchild Max Stein....
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710-acre Windsor-based winery welcomes three new senior management personnel Windsor, Sonoma County, September 2020 — Bob and Renée Stein, the owners of Notre Vue Estate and Balverne Wines, based in Windsor, announced several new management figures who have joined the winery. Jennifer Yukimi...
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Napa County Wineries Dive Into Wildfire Prevention After Big Glass Fire Losses: The Glass Fire last fall has made wildfire prevention and protection a higher priority than project permit processing for Napa Valley Vintners, a trade group that represents over 500 wine producers and related...
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Afternoon Brief, April 29th
Labor Department Sets Sweeping New H-2A Foreign Guestworker Rule: The U.S. Department of Labor has adopted a new rule it said will protect foreign seasonal farmworkers from being abused, imposing sweeping regulations the head of an agricultural employers association called "offensive."...
Afternoon Brief, June 7th
Pix Poised to Re-Emerge Despite Legal and Financial Challenges: Paul Mabray started Pix in late 2020 and launched it the following year. The company cut most all its writers and editors in August 2022 after a round of funding didn’t materialize, but next week a customer-focused website portal for vintners and retailers called Pix Business is set for rollout...
Afternoon Brief, June 28th
Napa Winery Turns Wine to Water: A bottling line mishap left some red faces at a winery that sent samples to a competition...