Chez Syrah/Shiraz
Minnesota is blessed with a lot of syrah weather, so it’s not a challenge to find fun people who like that grape... Read More
Wines of the Week: Dec. 26-Jan. 1
Everyday: We tasted some fabulous pinot noirs on a trip to Oregon last year “” the 2008s were almost all stellar “”... Read More
Pinot Camp (sorta-kinda), Part II
It would take a dozen posts to pass along everything interesting that was shared at a mini-, Minnesota version of Pinot Camp,... Read More
Pinot Camp (sorta-kinda): Part I
Welcome to Pinot Camp. Now of course this is not the real Pinot Camp, an annual confab in which Oregon wineries entertain... Read More
Wines of the Week: Oct. 24-30
Everyday: I’m more of a pinot blanc guy myself, largely because so much pinot gris/grigio is insipid, but when someone nails the... Read More
Sunset rises again
I used to get pretty invested in the Oscars and postseason awards in baseball and basketball. It was a weird deal: When... Read More
It’s personal, and it’s business
I left a dirty little secret out of my most recent Liquid Assets column, which was about how consumers who used to... Read More