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Sonoma Index Tribune’s, Kathleen Hill talks Landmark

By Nick Benz | May 15th, 2010

Kathleen Hill reports of her visit to Landmark:

Landmark Vineyards’ owners Mike and Mary Colhoun invited friends to learn about the conversion of their 11-acre vineyard facing Highway 12 from conventional to organic farming by the renowned organic farmer Phil Coturri.

Coturri explained how after a phylloxera invasion of 2004, they turned a negative to a positive and basically plowed deeper to bring more bugs and minerals to the surface and turned the vineyard to an angle so that the September sun would hit both sides of each vine equally.

Having suffered through much wine tasting research in France, winemakers Eric Stern and Greg Stach decided to favor southern Rhône reds like Chateau Neuf du Pape, planting mourvèdre, viognier and grenache, many of the vines arriving via Beau Castel and Tablas Creek winery in Paso Robles. The result is their Esprit du Rhône.

Mary Colhoun’s dear friend and chef, Carol … Read more »

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Cooking With Carol

By Nick Benz | March 28th, 2010

This Spring we launched a new program that is close to my heart, Cooking with Carol.  Carol Mason is a dear friend of mine whom I’ve known for many years.  Carol is a classically trained chef, who studied at the Cordon Bleu in London.  I met her when she was running her own catering and cooking school in Washington DC.  Fresh out of college, I wasn’t able to afford her classes, but I offered to wash dishes as payment.  Carol agreed and we quickly became friends.  Carol has since moved to Santa Rosa, and I’m fortunate to have her cook for us here at Landmark.

A few years back, I asked Carol if she would like to provide recipes for our wine club releases.  Our releases follow the four seasons and Carol has done a masterful job of not only providing the perfect pairing, but also keeping it seasonal.  Cooking … Read more »

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