Tracey and John Skupny, the couple behind Lang & Reed, are veterans of Napa’s wine industry. They started off as somms, worked for well-known wineries including Spottswoode and Niebaum-Coppola (now Inglenook) and in 1993 began making wines that stood in defiance of the Cabernet Sauvignons that surrounded them. (The winery is named for the Skupny sons, Lang and Reed.) Since then, they’ve consistently made excellent Cab Franc that stays true to their own unique style. They make just two types of wine: Cab Franc and Chenin Blanc, the predominant red and white grape of the Loire Valley. … [Read more...] about Get to know Lang & Reed, the rare Napa winery focused on Cabernet Franc, with this wintery $29 bottle
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France Holds Local Elections Under Strict Anti-Coronavirus Rules
French President Emmanuel Macron’s 3-year-old centrist party is fielding municipal candidates for the first time and still lacks local roots across France. The party, Republic on the Move, doesn’t have candidates in every race and in some instances is backing candidates from both the left and the right instead. … [Read more...] about France Holds Local Elections Under Strict Anti-Coronavirus Rules
France Backs Calls for EU to Sanction Turkey Over Greece Territory Dispute
“We believe that the European Union must be ready to activate…all available tools and certainly to resort to sanctions, if developments don’t proceed in a positive direction,” Baume said after talks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia. … [Read more...] about France Backs Calls for EU to Sanction Turkey Over Greece Territory Dispute
Macron’s France to Impose 6 pm Covid Curfew on Public
France is not by far the only European nation to enact a nightly curfew in response to the coronavirus. Breitbart London reported last year that the Italian state locked down its cities, deploying police checkpoints on roads and at railway stations to interrogate people out at night. … [Read more...] about Macron’s France to Impose 6 pm Covid Curfew on Public
France Will Force all Public Businesses to have Customer-Tracking QR Codes at Their Doors
The QR codes, which can be scanned with a mobile phone, will replace physical sign-in books currently used to track and inform those who may have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus. … [Read more...] about France Will Force all Public Businesses to have Customer-Tracking QR Codes at Their Doors
