Winery Lawyer

www.wetpaint.com – Visit us for more Bachelorette exclusives, gossip, and spoilers! www.facebook.com – Like us on Facebook! www.twitter.com – Follow us on Twitter! Hey there, Bachelorette fans. I’m Jager Weatherby from www.wetpaint.com and I’m here to bring you some juicy spoilers from Season 7, courtesy of our friend Reality Steve. The most important question, of course, is who are the unlucky gentlemen who will have a chance to win Ashley Hebert’s heart on national TV — oops, did I just say unlucky? I meant really unlucky. Sorry, Ash. We won’t bore you with the names of the contenders, but we will share some juicy contestant deets from Reality Steve. First, we have a lawyer from New Orleans, who was actually born in Paris and raised in London. Sexy accent alert! Next, we have a South Carolina Assistant Attorney General with a tragic past. This romantic guy actually married his college sweetheart, but she passed away a few years later. Will he be granted another chance at love? Ashley’s other choices include a sexy marine, a hairstylist, a divorced Mormon, a former cheerleader, a dentist, a personal trainer, a winery owner, and a chef. Oooh — can we go ahead and pick both the wine guy and the chef? With that combination, better throw in the personal trainer too… Whether these dudes make an “amazing connection” or not, it’s kinda worth going on the show just for the awesome traveling. So far, Reality Steve has confirmed that Ashley and her many suitors have visited both …

Say “Hello” to California coast’s rising star. Author and historian Richard Sennett reveals Ventura’s heritage of fountains, and points out the Ventura courtroom that inspired dynamic lawyer Erle Stanley Gardner to create his Perry Mason books. Stroll, cycle or skate the Promenade, and “hang ten” at Surfer’s Point. Other “peak moments” include exploring Ventura’s atmospheric Main Street, and selecting from more than 140 wines from around the world at Weaver Wines.

Chateau Montelena’s rich history began on a chilly fall morning when Alfred L. Tubbs spaded over and inspected the soil where he thought of planting estate vineyards. He’d heard the Napa Valley was the best place to grow grapes in California. A deal was struck and in January of 1882 the San Francisco entrepreneur owned 254 acres of rugged land just two miles north of Calistoga at the base of Mount Saint Helena. In 1968, Lee and Helen Paschich bought the property, and brought Jim Barrett, then a lawyer in Southern California, in as a partner. Under Jim’s leadership, the vineyard was cleared and replanted, and the Chateau outfitted with modern winemaking equipment. He assembled a team to oversee the vineyard and winemaking, and grew and contracted for the highest-quality grapes in the Napa Valley. In 1972 wines were made for the first time. That same year, Jim bought the estate from Lee Paschich. The first few years he still lived and worked in Southern California, and so commuted to the winery on a regular basis in his own airplane. In 1976 Chateau Montelena put California at the forefront of the wine world. That year a who’s-who of the French wine and food establishment gathered for a grand tasting at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Paris. Four white Burgundies were tasted against six California Chardonnays. When the scores were tallied, the French Judges were convinced that the top-ranking white wine was one of their own. In fact, it was Chateau Montelena’s 1973 …