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Jess Jackson: Wines
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Daughters of Jess Jackson (of Kendall Jackson) run La Crema, which has one of the newest and most spectacular tasting rooms in Healdsburg. Sleek and modern, La Crema is more Prada than Birkenstocks, eschewing the homespun folksiness that works elsewhere around the square. Many of the wines are priced between $18 and $35, making them eminently approachable.
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Jess Jackson scored a rare bidding victory off Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum's team for Hip No. 970, a $1.3 million Pulpit colt out of graded stakes producer Razzi Cat, a Storm Cat mare. Taylor Made's sales agency sold the bay colt, who was the subject of a prolonged bidding war and was the day's highest price at 6 p.m. When Jackson finally prevailed, it marked one of the few times anyone had gone up against the sheikh or his agents for a horse and come out the winner.
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Mr. Jackson, owner of Kendall-Jackson, hailed the ruling, which he said had no bearing on the free exchange of information with other wineries. "The crucial difference here is that Kendall-Jackson has a unique winemaking process that results in a particular style of wine," he said. "We are gratified that it has been recognized as proprietary and entitled to protection."
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Jess is right on about superior flavors of mountain fruit. Jess should ... be aware that last July KJ did a mountain tasting of all the top mountain wines from both Napa and Sonoma Counties. Imagery's Ash Creek Vineyards Cabernet was rated NUMBER ONE in that event. Pine Mountain's Ash Creek Vineyards, 2200 ft. above the Alexander Valley, has been producing top Cabs for 20 years -- see www.ashcreekvineyards.com. And Jess, add Pine Mountain to the top of your list.
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Jackson, in 1990, helped win the release from Iraq of more than 700 foreign women and children detained as human shields against an American military attack after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. He persuaded Yugoslav President
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The worst part, Sauque said, is that winemaker Jackson ... offered a "thank you" in the form of a case of his best vintage. The wine has yet to be delivered, he said.
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