If Central California’s Santa Ynez Valley, in Santa Barbara County, is known for anything, it’s wine. It’s nowhere near as famous as Napa or Bordeaux, of course, but this bucolic region of rolling hills dotted with stately oak trees produces excellent pinot noirs and chardonnays and syrahs. Remember the movie “Sideways,” about two sad sacks … Read more
Meghan Markle’s lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, faces another trademark setback as it tries to get off the ground. Just days after being denied a trademark for the brand name by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the company has now faced a challenge from the government over its logo. The issue, however, comes … Read more
Meghan Markle is reportedly considering switching up the name of her impending lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard after its trademark application was refused. The Duchess of Sussex’s team has had trouble getting her new brand over the line as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) warned that businesses cannot trademark geographical locations. The recent … Read more
The Golden State’s coast is often typecast by outsiders as a privileged commune of high-income hippies, decadent dot-commers, sun-spoiled surfers and limousine liberals. For good reason: California is the land of haughty, avocado toast-munching utopists. Except, that’s not the whole story. Despite its coddling climate, geography and ritzy neighborhoods, surfside Cali is not just a … Read more
Looks like Katy Perry is in hot water again over real estate — several years after she sparred with two nuns over an 8-acre Los Feliz, California spread. The “Dark Horse” singer and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, have been involved in a three-year legal suit over the Montecito, California mansion they purchased back in 2021 … Read more
When locals in the secluded Santa Barbara, California, enclave of Hope Ranch heard that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might be keen on leaving nearby Montecito to buy a home in the exclusive suburb, they didn’t roll out the welcome mat. A Hope Ranch realtor told The Post that, nine months after the rumors were … Read more