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once famously called Napa's Ubuntu 1140 Main St. "the Angelina Jolie of restaurants."

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Paolo Lucchesi 2011

once famously called Napa's Ubuntu 1140 Main St. "the Angelina Jolie of restaurants."

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Paolo Lucchesi 2011

In January, the Sierra Club sued Napa County in state Superior Court in Napa, alleging the new ordinance "paves the way to turn Napa's prime agricultural land into sprawl subdivisions," according to a brief that the San Francisco-based environmental group filed.

Land Dispute Blooms in Wine Country Jim Carlton 2010

Specializing in wood-fired food and one of Napa's great wine lists, the restaurant is owned by Leslie Rudd (from Rudd Vineyards, 209 Gin, and owner of Dean & Deluca) and the CIA's "Advance Ambassador" Reuben Katz (who used to work with us at the Rainbow Room.)

Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011

The disagreements often pit relative newcomers who want to preserve Napa's rural feel against longtime landowners who want the freedom to convert their properties to other uses, sometimes by dividing land into smaller lots.

Land Dispute Blooms in Wine Country Jim Carlton 2010

Specializing in wood-fired food and one of Napa's great wine lists, the restaurant is owned by Leslie Rudd (from Rudd Vineyards, 209 Gin, and owner of Dean & Deluca) and the CIA's "Advance Ambassador" Reuben Katz (who used to work with us at the Rainbow Room.)

Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011

A former disciple of master chef Thomas Keller, the 36-year-old used to spend his shifts at Napa's French Laundry turning Brussels-sprout leaves into perfect circles and cutting beets into tiny cylinders.

Lamb Spiedino 2011

Specializing in wood-fired food and one of Napa's great wine lists, the restaurant is owned by Leslie Rudd (from Rudd Vineyards, 209 Gin, and owner of Dean & Deluca) and the CIA's "Advance Ambassador" Reuben Katz (who used to work with us at the Rainbow Room.)

Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011

Hillside Select is one of Napa's greatest Cabernets, a powerful red loaded with fruit and tannin—a great wine, but not for all purposes.

The Odd Couple of Food and Wine Jay McInerney 2011

Specializing in wood-fired food and one of Napa's great wine lists, the restaurant is owned by Leslie Rudd (from Rudd Vineyards, 209 Gin, and owner of Dean & Deluca) and the CIA's "Advance Ambassador" Reuben Katz (who used to work with us at the Rainbow Room.)

Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011