To fully enjoy this site, including the amazing Google Earth, we strongly recommend that you use Firefox as your browser. Not only will your web browsing be easier, pages will look better than they do in Explorer (this applies everywhere!) and, even more importantly, Firefox is MUCH more secure and resistant to security breaches anywhere on the internet.
Back Roads Wine is building wineries and golf courses for Google Earth.
Google is rapidly becoming the 3-d search engine for the planet.
The buildings on Google Earth give customers the ability to see themselves in context with the rest of the world. A virtual experience is like going there in person. It's not like watching a movie, it's like making a movie. A model in Google Earth is as different as the person viewing it as one person can study architecture, a golfer can study terrain, a visitor can get driving instructions, a wine drinker can follow links to the up to date wine list, the restaurant visitor can follow links to the menu, the concert goer can follow links to the concert schedule and watch videos of past performances.
Another feature which is coming is the ability to follow golfers in real time as there are people with GPS devices following the golf pros so viewers can log in and see where their favorite player is. Golfers can also study details of the terrain and read data of individual fairways.
Finally, Google Earth is its own browser as it has links back to the original websites which currently populate the internet. Also, the businesses information can be linked from the model as well as pictures, driving directions, and videos of the site. The whole world is getting on Google Earth. What are you waiting for?
The first 3-D renderings of the Pleasanton Tri-Valley area are being
made public today featuring the Wente Vineyards, Murietta's Well, Wente
Golf and the Wente production facility on Tesla Rd. You can download
the keyhole files from the links below.
You will need to download and install Google Earth if you haven't already done so on your computer. Be careful! Google Earth is extremely addictive!
Have fun!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 April 2008 20:59 )
Google Earth: the Wente Vineyards
Written by Andrew Glazier
Monday, 07 April 2008 21:43
The first 3-D renderings of the Pleasanton Tri-Valley area are being made public today featuring the Wente Vineyards, Murietta's Well, Wente Golf and the Wente production facility on Tesla Rd. You can download the keyhole files from the links below.
I returned from the Naples Winter Wine Festival hoping to interview Napa vintners. As it was, I hadn’t received many replies. The one person I
wanted to interview more than any was Dick Grace from Grace Family
Vineyards http://www.gracefamilyvineyards.com/.
I saw a phone number on my cell phone that I didn’t recognize. I pick
it up and it’s Dick. He was his usual friendly self but made it very
clear, “I’m extremely busy, how can I help you?” I know he is a
generous man and is focused on helping the needy. I got right to the
point. “Mr. Grace, I appreciate what you did for my hometown, and I
remember when there was nothing there for the kids. I just want to tell
your story and tell people about your charities.” He pauses for a
moment and then agrees to a thirty minute interview. He reminds me to
be on time and that it will be brief. I thanked him and got the address./span>
Mike Grgich has just completed fifty years of winemaking in the Napa valley after coming here from Croatia. Not only is he a hero to his fellow Croatians, he is a living American legend as he created the Chardonnay which won the Paris Tasting of 1976 earning an incredible 132 points, higher than any other wine in the competition. This "shot heard 'round the world" was chronicled in the book by George M. Taber "Judgment Of Paris" a must read for wine drinkers who want to know the truth about American wines.
Grgich Vineyards
Mike Grgich and your humble correspondent.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 March 2008 13:32 )
Naples Winter Wine Festival Raw Tape 1 2008 5 parts
Part 2 of “hear from the winners” – of the 1889 awards. This winecast features Ci Cis Italian Ristorante, Zephyr Grill and Bar, First Street Wine Company, Raley’s and Campo Di Bocce. BackRoadsWine.com would like to thank all the antendees and all the winners for showing a loyalty to the Livermore wine region and just caring enough to show. Without all of you the 1889 awards wouldn’t have been a huge success. See you next year! Full winecast after the break…
Part 2 of “hear from the winners” – of the 1889 awards. This winecast features Ci Cis Italian Ristorante, Zephyr Grill and Bar, First Street Wine Company, Raley’s and Campo Di Bocce. BackRoadsWine.com would like to thank all the antendees and all the winners for showing a loyalty to the Livermore wine region and just caring enough to show. Without all of you the 1889 awards wouldn’t have been a huge success. See you next year! Full winecast after the break…