#paicines

[odiggity]

Soul Travel

Paicines, CA

[wine-porn]

Rocky

This is a rather nice pinot–WELL worth the 10 bucks I spent on it. Those in the back rows will need no introduction to Pedrigal Vineyard–and no, NOT the one in Oakville–in the postage-stamp AVA of Paicines in the original SBC: San Benito County. This is the first time I’ve seen something sourced from there outside a few close families with popular last names in the whole MontCo/SLH community.…

[mystlnewsonline]

DOL Finds Violations of Federal Programs

Violations of federal programs for migrant, seasonal workers found SAN FRANCISCO, CA (STL.News) Home to thousands of winemakers who produce 80 percent of the wine in the U.S., California vineyards also yield their share of unscrupulous employers who profit by taking advantage of migrant and seasonal farmworkers as the harvest season approaches. To combat violations that deny workers their hard-earned wages or jeopardize their safety, the U.S. Department of Labor has stepped up its outreach and enforcement efforts in the Golden State. Recent investigations of two farm labor contractors, Next Crop Inc. of Los Baños and Noble Vineyards Management Inc. of Ukiah, and grower Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Vine Estates LLC in Paicines by the department’s Wage and Hour Division collectively found employers failed to safely transport agricultural workers to and from the fields, violated numerous requirements of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act and the H-2A temporary agricultural program and allowed a 14-year-old child to work during school hours illegally. The investigations led the division to assess more than $231,881 in civil money penalties and to recover $129,081 in back wages for 353 agricultural workers.  Specifically, the investigations found the following: - Next Crop Inc. employed an unlicensed, unauthorized, and uninsured driver to transport workers.  Investigators learned that while driving under the influence, he had been involved in an earlier accident in which a vehicle rollover injured several farm workers.  The division also found Next Crop illegally employed a 14-year-old to work during school hours, illegally charged workers for transportation costs, did not disclose conditions of employment to workers, and failed to keep employer records or provide wage statements and pay wages when due.  The division recovered $36,764 in back wages for 105 employees and assessed the labor contractor $99,067 in penalties.  Next Crop provides harvesting crews for grower Pebble Ridge Vineyards. - Noble Vineyards Management Inc., which provides workers to Sonoma and Mendocino County growers, violated the H-2A temporary agricultural program regulations by failing to pay the contract rate of pay and failing to pay corresponding U.S. workers at least the same rate paid to H-2A workers.  The division also found Noble failed to provide the tools required to work and did not reimburse H-2A workers’ travel expenses as required.  In addition, investigators learned the employer retaliated against H-2A employees who asked about their wages by sending them back to their home countries before the contract’s end. As a result, the division recovered $92,317 in back wages owed to 148 workers and assessed the contractor $66,530 in penalties. - Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Vine Estates LLC violated federal law by using Next Crop’s unlicensed, unauthorized, and uninsured driver to transport workers, including the driver involved in the DUI incident. As a result, the division assessed the vineyard, which produces and sells grapes used by California’s Kendall Jackson, J. Lohr, and Robert Mondavi wineries, for $66,282 in penalties. “The U.S. Department of Labor is determined to protect the rights of people whose labor allows California’s agricultural industry to prosper and provide products consumed throughout the U.S. and around the world,” said Wage and Hour Division Assistant District Director Alberto Raymond in San Francisco.  “From making sure workers are paid and treated as the law requires to making sure safe drivers transport them in safe vehicles, we are committed to holding employers accountable.” In fiscal year 2022, the Wage and Hour Division recovered more than $5.8 million in back wages for 8,260 workers employed in the agricultural industry. In addition, after 879 investigations, the division assessed employers more than $7.9 million in civil money penalties for violations of federal regulations. “As the harvest season approaches, the Wage and Hour Division is available to offer compliance assistance and answer questions from employers and workers to help them understand the federal laws that govern agricultural industry wage practices and operations,” Raymond added. The division offers farmworker rights information, compliance assistance resources for employers, and an agriculture compliance assistance toolkit to ensure compliance with the law. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor Read the full article

[brookstonalmanac]

Beer Events 4.28

Events

The word cocktail 1st used in print (1803)

Andrew Reid died (1841)

John Schaefer patented a Pressure-Regulating Valve (1903)

William Haussermann patented a Beer Filter (1903)

Thomas Pick patented a Beer Stein (1914)

Erik Eriksson patented a Pressed-Metal Keg (1931)

Beer became legal in North Carolina after Prohibition (1933)

Eberhard A. Klepper of Paicines, California patented a Method of Making Prune Beer (1936)

Sven Rosenqvest patented the Aeration of Fermenting Wort in the Manufacture of Yeast (1942)

Sandor Frankfurt patented a Tapping Device (1959)

Casino Royale premiered in US (1967) [James Bond non-series film]

Paul Kalmanovitz got a controlling interest in Falstaff (1975)

OSHA founded (1989)

Biological Clock gene discovered (1994)

1st hemp ale, Hempen Ale by Frederick Brewing, released (Maryland; 1997)

Bruery beer 1st sold (California; 2008)

Brewery Openings

Owen O'Leary's Brewery (Massachusetts; 1996)

Stone Iwamoto Co. (Japan; 1997)

Nikko Brewing (Japan; 1999)

Flying Bison Brewing (New York; 2000)

[luannirene]

April: Paicines Ranch

[kitkatscrazycrochet]

[runningkitten]

Trifecta #20 in the books 🙌🏾San Jose Spartan was a gorgeous venue. Ton of rolling hills. Had a great time on the course 💕🙌🏾 #spartan #sanjosespartan #spartanrace #trifectatribe #spartan2022 (at Paicines Ranch) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck5iQgKLl9q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[secondlifep]

Old Oak Tree Paicines, CA 2022

[unplaces]

23076 Airline Hwy, Paicines, California.

[odiggity]

Hiking the Bear Gulch Cave Trail

Pinnacles National Park - Paicines, CA

[wine-porn]

Beckoning

A most interesting ‘bec: blue-purple at the rim with a dark ruby core. Light and extremely fruity in the nose, bright raspberry and strawberry headed firmly into Jolly-Rancher territory, an almost *natural-wine* unseriousness from what most of us are accustomed to being a rather concentrated, rich variety. Tasting it aligns well with the bouquet: delicate and light, the fruitiness a high note of…

[ac-niecey]

#fbf to Pinnacles in February! 
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Hiked my very first mountain range & saw an amazing close up of the moon! (Thank you @mwoo8 for the telescope & @pat_mannon for helping us set it up!😅🔭) Not pictured were the nearly 2 dozen California condors near the campsite (v cool to watch), nor the raccoon I had to fight off for my s’mores supplies, nor the frost covering the tent!
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It was a much needed winter break w/ good folks that made me suuuper excited for camping this summer.🌞
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#pinnaclesnationalpark #pinnacles #highpeakstrail #paicines (at Pinnacles National Park)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPKcdsUj22rN3JD7eA_xZ46pAKdybFyVJrDRPM0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bender749]

Pale garnet. An effusive nose of fresh fruit and floral, all manner of plum and light berry, a deep-seated savory spice, leather and warm stones, a plushness of wood and age far out-playing its stated vintage. Rich and decadent with minimal vine and greenbrier, all brown sugar and frothy currycomb, vanilla and wet linen. There’s a handful of cool kids making the best CF in California and this guy is one of them. Monterey-SCM-Paicines seems to be the sweet-spot trifecta on this grouping. Getting the Central Coast’s best hidden vineyards to crank out the finest soft-shouldered examples of this grape seems to be their forte. WATCH FOR THEM. You want names??? Just pay attention! No crazy cru-bojo herbaceousness or prickly stem on this one. Warm and ripe from attack through finish seems to be the name of the game on this version. It feels plump enough to be basking up near the 14-oh mark, but I feel this winemaker would not produce that. The color and delicacy of mouth-feel both tell me considerably lower, but NOWHERE is any green spriteliness or bitter zang. It is full, plush beautiful cherry, watermelon, and strawberry throughout. Solidly-girthed middle, acid visible but integrated down into things so well as to define *balance*. A back-rub of tannin rasps into the finish gingerly, everything still high-as-a-kite on round, full fruit. An absolutely gorgeous wine, maybe not *edgy* enough for hipster-geek or low-intervention nazi, but colored so delicately inside the lines of power and richness, it could be someone’s TURNING-POINT wine on Loire-style CF. 2015 @ibrandwinery #CabernetFranc Bayly Ranch #Paicines AVA San Benito Co. #centralcoastwine #California 12.7 https://www.ibrandwinery.com/ (at I. Brand & Family Winery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfWII9nLxK/?igshid=1wun47qrkkr3y

[brookstonalmanac]

Beer Events 4.29

Events

The word cocktail 1st used in print (1803)

Andrew Reid died (1841)

John Schaefer patented a Pressure-Regulating Valve (1903)

William Haussermann patented a Beer Filter (1903)

Thomas Pick patented a Beer Stein (1914)

Erik Eriksson patented a Pressed-Metal Keg (1931)

Beer became legal in North Carolina after Prohibition (1933)

Eberhard A. Klepper of Paicines, California patented a Method of Making Prune Beer (1936)

Sven Rosenqvest patented the Aeration of Fermenting Wort in the Manufacture of Yeast (1942)

Sandor Frankfurt patented a Tapping Device (1959)

Casino Royale premiered in US (1967) [James Bond non-series film]

Paul Kalmanovitz got a controlling interest in Falstaff (1975)

OSHA founded (1989)

Biological Clock gene discovered (1994)

1st hemp ale, Hempen Ale by Frederick Brewing, released (Maryland; 1997)

Bruery beer 1st sold (California; 2008)

Brewery Openings

Owen O'Leary's Brewery (Massachusetts; 1996)

Stone Iwamoto Co. (Japan; 1997)

Nikko Brewing (Japan; 1999)

Flying Bison Brewing (New York; 2000)

[luannirene]

April: Country Rose Cafe (Hollister, south thru Paicines)

[capitalcorks]

Name: DFV Donati Claret _________ My rating: 92 _________ My Price: $13 from @lastbottlewines, best available now $20 online. _________ Sustainably farmed blend of all the Bordeaux varietals - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc. Not sure how this drank young, but think I hit the lottery and popped this right in its sweet spot. Nose is acutely new world with ripe strawberry and chocolate, but also has a lot of loamy earthy notes. On the palate, this is lush, surprisingly complex, and seamless. Black cherry, licorice, tobacco, loamy earth, with subtle oak and vanilla. Really nicely done. Started to fall apart after a few hours open, so would drink up. ____________ #donatifamilyvineyard #claret #paicines #cwntralcoast #wine #winetasting #dcwine #2005vintage #mywinebid #winewithfamily #winewithfriends #winelover #winestagram (at Washington, District of Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ubrcZHYM6/?igshid=136zqlctrxvb8