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Wallace wins Goode job

Hardy Wallace, a man who once climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a bumblebee suit, has been named the winner of Murphy Goode Winery’s “Lifestyle Correspondent.”   The much-publicized gig begins in early August, when Wallace will move into his rent free-Healdsburg accomodations and get down to business. His task? Spending the next six months finding new […]

Sweet Treats: Beyond the Bakery

This week, we dig deep for a different kind of pastry pusher -- one or two-person operations working from the backs of restaurants, in borrowed commercial kitchens and behind farm stand stalls.

A Goode Day: Will social networking save the wine biz?

In a competition with more twists and turns than a midnight ride over the Oakville grade, the final ten candidates for Murphy Goode Winery’s coveted “Lifestyle Correspondent” gig are pulling out all the stops during an intense three-day race to the finish line in Healdsburg. And boy are their fingers tired. In a swirl of […]

Summer Cocktails: Sipping through SoCo

There's no sound more beautiful than the clink of ice in a cocktail glass on a hot summer day. Because whether it's 5pm or just north of noon, 'tis the season for salted rims, muddled mint and tiny paper umbrellas.

Final 10 headed to Healdsburg for Murphy Goode’s $10K-a-month gig

Like golden ticket winners to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, the ten remaining candidates for Murphy Goode winery's much-talked-about $10,000 a month social-networking gig are headed to Healsburg on June 18. Over four wine-soaked days, they'll take part in a final round of interviews, meet winemaker David Ready, Jr., and experience "hi-jinks, excursions, poker, Liar's dice, food and, of course, wine drinking," according the winery.