The Himalayan Mountains and the Sonoma County wine country couldn’t be further apart. But not to one sommelier, so inspired by a man who leads expeditions up and down Mt. Everest, that she put his name on a wine label.
Meet Ngima Sherpa. Nepalese by birth, with family in Tibet, he now has a wine named for him, Ngima’s Cuvee. Last night Ngima (pronounced knee-ma) was at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in San Francisco for the launch of this wine.
It’s not often a new winery gets my attention. But this one does. Four years in the making, Ram’s Gate Winery opens its doors in California’s Sonoma wine country this week. It gives new meaning to the term “destination winery.” I want to move in. Read more