By Seth Bauer You’d be hard-pressed to find a more genial vineyard owner than Jeff Kunde. Four generations of winemaking in the Sonoma Valley have apparently mellowed the Kundes like a rich red. It may be thanks to the landscape, spectacular even on a foggy December morning. It may be the sweet taste of a…
By Seth Bauer There’s no better way to tour a California vineyard than on horseback. So when Karl Wente, the 30-ish head of the 3,000-acre Wente vineyards in Livermore Valley, suggested that we saddle up late yesterday afternoon, I happily lied and told him I’d ridden enough times to handle it. Though he’s from the…
By Seth Bauer My car is now filter-tipped. Last week, I let Skip Hansen, from a company named Sabertec, saw the ends off of my car’s tailpipes and clamp on his $199 product, The Blade. Kind of cool looking, the device is a filter-lined metal tube that captures particulate matter (soot) and some of the…