As I write this month’s newsletter, I feel immense gratitude for the privilege of being able to do so from a comfy sofa in my beautiful backyard in north Saint Helena. When I ponder the [ … ]
If you want your home to sell quickly and for the highest possible price, home staging is a worthy investment. Professionally staged homes close as much as 10% higher than the list price and stay [ … ]
Restoration Hardware has finally succeeded in gaining approvals from the City of Yountville to build their second design atelier. The first of its kind and the only one to date is in Chicago, in what [ … ]
The Pathway Home is a wonderful non-profit here in Napa Valley. The Pathway Home needs financial support to expand the amazing programs they provide for our post 911 veterans returning from deployment. Many of our post-9/11 [ … ]
Chinese real estate investors have long had a love affair with owning Napa Valley vineyards and wineries. Since writing my blog on Chinese Buyers Invest in Napa Valley Real Estate, I had the wonderful honor [ … ]
Every year we expect the high season for selling luxury properties to be March, April, May, end of August, September, October and November. This year the quieter months of June & July were particularly quiet [ … ]
After seeing one of Dinah Cross James’s bird series in black and white hanging on a friend’s wall, I felt compelled to introduce her to those of you who don’t know her or her work. [ … ]
Napa Valley winery B Cellars is my new favorite ‘must go to’. I had the great pleasure of taking a tour recently with Kerry Andrews, B Cellars Brand Manager. I highly recommend it to locals [ … ]
Worldwide wine producers, looking to compete in the luxury wine business, are increasing their efforts to acquire Napa Valley vineyards and wineries. Big names like Constellation and E. & J. Gallo have acquired many Napa Valley [ … ]
Australian real estate broker Bernie Uechtritz is known as the “go-to guy,” “the fixer and the rainmaker.” Even before he smashed real estate records last year (more on that, in a moment), he developed a [ … ]