Last December Nick and Sally Thacher moved into their house in Santa Barbara after Nick’s retirement from stomping out ignorance in the New England educational vineyard, becoming legal California residents for the first time since 1976. The “grand plan” is to spend winter and spring in California and summer and fall in the Berkshires. Classmates […]
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Dave Marsten ’62
Dave Marsten reports, “Big news here is we had to pull out our old Zinfandel vineyard as the drought had blighted the grapes…..so we are replanting…..and this time we will try a Bordeaux blend (Cabernet Sauvignon with some other blends). So it will be a long, expensive haul to bring this up to fruition…..at least […]
Justin Faggioli ’69
The highlight of our summer was the wedding of our daughter, Claire (CdeP 2002), to Daniel Sternberg (by the way, he is a great guy). We had a wonderful weekend of events, culminating with the ceremony and celebration on our Sonoma Ranch. Many Thacher graduates, parents, faculty and former faculty joined in the celebration. Claire […]
Newlin Hastings ’70
Heading into the stretch to our 45th Class Reunion… the proverbial “time flies.” Liz and I will be there with bells on and hopefully with the best turnout in class history. We remain working and playing in Paso Robles with everything to do with wine, vineyards, real estate and basically trying to keep up with […]
Maggie Tillman ’02
The Tillman family business is graduating! After over a decade farming premium Rhône grapes on Alta Colina Vineyard in Paso Robles, CA we are about to complete construction on our own estate wine production and tasting facility. I’ve been working full-time with the family for the past four years and the new building is an […]
Justin Faggioli ’69
On July 6th, our son (Nathaniel Faggioli CdeP 2000) married Stacie Wang on a hillside over looking a vineyard on our Sonoma ranch. It was a fantastic celebration for a wonderful couple. I think that Nathaniel has written about it as well, but the proud parents feel compelled to say something. Stacie’s and Nathaniel’s wedding was […]