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New Year’s Eve Wine Picks From Napa Valley Experts
We hand-picked a group of wine directors and Sommeliers from some of the valley’s most prestigious restaurants

Former Patch Staff
Hometown: Winters, CA
Birthday: July 22, 1983
Bio
I went to high school down the road in Winters.
My first reporting job was with the Winters Express shortly after I graduated from CSU Monterey Bay with a degree in Communications and a minor in Spanish. Once I realized I loved the job, I enrolled in the New Media Journalism program at Northwestern University, where I got a Masters degree.
I'm happily married to my wife, Bianca. We have a very cool baby boy named Noah. I also enjoy playing music, reading, camping and sipping coffee (and on special occasions, whisky).
Here are a few things us Patch editors like to put on the table, for the sake of transparency:
Politics
I’m a registered Democrat but am always prepared to vote otherwise, and have done so many times in the past.
Religion
I'm Christian, but have not been baptized and am more concerned with my own personal approach to life than with the salvation of strangers. Call me a cliché, but I’d say I’m more spiritual than I am religious.
We hand-picked a group of wine directors and Sommeliers from some of the valley’s most prestigious restaurants

They’ll also replace the service lines that go up to the 30 affected homes, according to the Sacramento Bee.
My brother helped build "Leap," which was designed by artist Lawrence Argent.
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Free "treecycling" will be available from Dec. 26 to Jan. 15.
"If the tents themselves had posed a real threat to public safety, the officers would have not left them in the hands of the protesters."
Foodie Friday: If you pick the closest price, Davis Patch will order one so you can enjoy it for yourself.
Should police cite the remaining campers in the park, or let them be?
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Christan James Rooms, a licensed foster parent and soccer coach, was arrested on charges of five counts of sexual assault on a child.
Changes to Davis Senior High School can be seen on Google Earth.
The top YouTube search for Davis used to be for a viral rap video, but that changed in the wake of the Occupy UC Davis protests.
Watch someone skydive over Davis while electric guitars shred in the background.
The closing of Sweet Briar Books in Davis yields deals in Davis.
How will authorities respond when they return to the camp at the start of the Winter quarter?
Sudwerk is currently serving its seasonal Doppel Bock. My wife and I gave it a whirl.
A quick summary of police calls from the last 24 hours in Davis.
They sing, "I'm Dreaming of a While Christmas" at The Avid Reader in this video.