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Worker Accused of Starting the Pickett Fire Pleads Not Guilty (opens the original)
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Summary: Juan Luis Gutierrez Marfil, 45, of Napa, has pleaded not guilty in Napa County Superior Court to a felony charge of recklessly causing the August 2025 Pickett Fire, which burned 6,820 acres and a residence on and around a Pickett Road property owned by vintner Jayson Woodbridge. A Cal Fire filing says he admitted disposing of hot ashes into a burn pile. Three Howell Mountain wine companies have sued Woodbridge and his Hundred Acre affiliates over smoke-damaged grapes, and the defendants
Friday E-dition: Preserving the Turn of the Season (opens the original)
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Summary: As summer gives way to fall in Napa Valley, Georgeanne Brennan returns to the seasonal rituals of preserving fruit, from pickled peaches to pear mostarda. Childhood memories of canning with her grandmother shape the urgency she still feels when the last peaches arrive and pears begin to ripen. The article pairs those recollections with recipes that capture the transition between seasons, including pickled peaches, pear mostarda and pears poached in red wine.“This time of year, the cross
Under the Hood: The Downturn We Reported and the Shocks We Didn't See Coming (opens the original)
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Wine Chronicles: The Wine Club Discount Mirage (opens the original)
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Summary: Dan Berger examines wine clubs and streaming pitches that promise steep discounts on bottles tied, directly or indirectly, to famous winemakers, vineyards and luxury benchmarks. He argues that many of these offers rely on vague claims, celebrity associations and inflated comparisons while saying little about the wines themselves. Berger contrasts those pitches with the actual costs of producing Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon, including high grape prices and years of investment in vineya
Storyteller: The Ew-Stick (opens the original)
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The beam found the eyes first.Two of them, black and wet, catching the light from behind the reefer unit before they slid back into the dark. I held the mirror steady on the end of the rod and moved the flashlight across the space no hand could reach. Slime down the bulkhead. A black bloom in the seam where the deck met the wall. Grease gone the color of old teeth.That’s the thing about rot. It doesn’t announce itself. It works in the dark, behind the thing you look at every day, until one after
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