Fin du Fresne: Straight shooter from Down Under
Winemakers tend to be open books, not given to circumspection. Even by those standards Fintan du Fresne is a candid kind of... Read More
The inside score on boffo ratings
Do wine consumers follow ratings, or do the ratings follow consumers? I would have thought that a rhetorical question, but esteemed wine... Read More
Wine wisdom, Gerald Asher style
Gerald Asher is a font of wine wisdom, anecdotes and opinions. I met him at this year’s Wine Writers Symposium, and when... Read More
The LIOCO way: Staying out of the way
In one sense, Kevin O’Connor and Matt Licklider’s timing was less than fortuitous; in another, it was semi-brilliant. While they launched the... Read More
The incisive, irreverent Mr. T
Just as this preposterous heat wave appears ready to break, so will this blog’s dry spell, induced by the passing of the... Read More
The good doctor
A Ph.D in agricultural economics from the Universty of Minnesota can be used in a lot of ways. In Aldo Biondolillo’s case,... Read More
An Officer worth saluting
Mike Officer was in a hurry, a common mode for young winemakers. He had crammed us into a busy schedule, and even... Read More