Napa Valley has lost a true icon with the passing of Tom Rinaldi — a winemaker whose career spanned five legendary decades. As Duckhorn’s founding winemaker, Rinaldi, 77, devoted 22 years to building its enduring legacy. At a time when merlot was mostly used in blends, he crafted the first Three Palms Merlot, catapulting Duckhorn … Read more
A classic family-owned vintage diner in Van Nuys is shutting down after nearly 50 years of serving customers. Heart’s Coffee Shop, a community staple since 1977, has been the go-to spot for traditional American comfort food and a retro atmosphere in San Fernando Valley. Regulars saw the diner not just as a place to eat, … Read more
Mick Jagger, legendary lead singer of the Rolling Stones, rolled up to a shindig in Napa Valley on Friday to show support for longtime girlfriend. The iconic 82-year-old rocker attended Festival Napa Valley alongside fiancée Melanie Hamrick, 39, a choreographer who produced the event’s dance gala, which pairs classical ballet with music from The Stones. … Read more
There’s a boldfaced brouhaha bubbling up this summer — has New York’s quietly elegant, ever-trendier Hudson Valley finally knocked the cash-splashing, high-falutin’ Hamptons off its perch as the preferred hideout for NYC’s elite? Nick Ewing thinks so. The 46-year-old commodities exec thought he’d found his forever escape after snapping up an East Hampton pad in … Read more
Listen closely to how some Californians talk and you’ll hear it. The T sound in words like “water” or “accent” can soften or disappear. “Water” becomes “wader.” “Mountain” turns into “moun-in.” Even “winter” can sound like “winner.” They are small changes. Easy to miss. But linguists say those subtle patterns are part of something bigger. … Read more
Napa County officials have launched a $6.4 million overhaul of the region’s master plan, aiming to redefine the future of Wine Country through 2050 while bridging a long-standing divide between local government and residents. “We need people to tell us what they want that future of Napa to look like,” Supervisor Belia Ramos told the Napa … Read more
A Napa Valley wine giant has issued a dire warning about the direction of the industry, pointing to “ongoing category pressures.” Constellation Brands, the New York-based owner of California’s Robert Mondavi Winery, expects the high-end wine market to decline as its CEO Bill Newlands steps away from the company. Chief Financial Officer Garth Hankinson pointed to … Read more
It was once a boomtown filled with prospectors drawn by the promise of copper and lead riches. But now what’s left of Leadfield – a ghost town in Death Valley National Park about 22 miles west of Beatty, Nevada – stands as an example of one of the worst examples of mining speculation and fraud … Read more
Wine makers are pulling the cork on California. Another giant in the world-famous wine growing region is shutting down and slashing staff, making it the fourth since the start of 2026. Jackson Family wines has stopped production at its Carneros Hill facility in Sonoma’s Carneros region, laying off more than a dozen employees, according to … Read more
On a sunny and brisk Sunday afternoon at Poet’s Walk Park in the Hudson Valley, the scenic, Hudson River-adjacent trails are filled with outdoor enthusiasts, all eagerly taking in the fresh air. Just a few hundred meters away from the gaggles of day-trippers and Lululemon-sporting second homers, however, a different scenario is unfolding — a small … Read more
It might be time to toss that Hidden Valley Ranch bottle on your fridge’s shelf. The popular salad dressing is just one of thousands that have been recalled across 27 states due to “foreign objects” being found in some of the batches. Although the recall from Ventura Foods was originally put into place on Nov. … Read more
Americans are, like, so totally over how we speak — but can we actually stop using them? Filler words have become so common in everyday conversation that most of us hardly notice them — until someone points them out. But according to a new study by Preply, a global online language learning platform, Americans are getting … Read more
California health officials are warning about a surge in a potentially deadly fungal infection. The state is reporting 6,761 cases of valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, through July this year. That means California is on pace to top last year’s record of 12,595 cases. There were fewer than 1,000 cases logged in the year … Read more
Jalen Hurts and wife Bryonna “Bry” Burrows enjoyed a second wedding ceremony at the Four Seasons hotel in Napa Valley, Calif., over the weekend, as seen in photos obtained Sunday by The Post. The Eagles’ Super Bowl-winning quarterback looked dapper in a white tuxedo jacket during the weekend-long festivities in wine country, as captured in … Read more
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Located in New Windsor, NY, an hour’s drive from the George Washington Bridge, Storm King Art Center is one of the country’s largest and most renowned outdoor sculpture parks. It showcases over 150 artists’ works spread over 500 lush fields and forests in the Hudson Valley, and this season’s fall foliage is peaking this weekend, making … Read more
Ranch lovers should take a dip into breakfast. Nick Higgins, an exec at Hidden Valley Ranch’s parent company Clorox, has an unconventional way to eat the creamy and tangy ranch dip beyond celery, wings and chips. “I have to admit, as part of my job, I’ve tried ranch with some pretty unique things over the … Read more
Francine Pascal, the creator of the “Sweet Valley High” book series, has died. She was 92. According to her sister, Laurie Wenk-Pascal, the author passed away of lymphoma at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on Sunday, per the New York Times. The Post has reached out to Pascal’s agent. Francine Pascal in Times Square in Feb. … Read more
It’s a hotspot in more ways than one. Tourists from all over the world are flocking to Death Valley despite the region’s scorching temperatures — which have resulted in one recorded death. Indeed the infamously arid region, which straddles the border of Nevada and California, attracted hundreds of people from France, Spain, the UK and … Read more
The arrogance of Silicon Valley’s tech overlords is as wide and endless as the “Sky.” We’ve seen over and over again that they are greedy pirates, capable of plundering intellectual property and the unique gifts of creative artists, photographers, musicians and writers. The material they use to inform AI operating systems is essentially stolen booty, … Read more