Wines of the Week: April 11-17
Everyday: The more you learn about wine, the more you realize how little you really know. I had never heard of fernão... Read More
Learning the not-so-hard way
I am an idiot. On our first California winery visit in 2000, my way better half and I tasted wonderful zinfandel and... 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
How John Shafer selected a hillside
Objectivity shmobjectivity. I was pumped to land an hour-plus last summer with one of the Napa Valley’s iconic figures, John Shafer. In... Read More
Mondavis come full circle
Our story begins, as so many wine-soaked sagas do, on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. It was there that Cesare Mondavi... Read More
On the newsstands/Interwebs now (March 2011)
This is a great time to be not only drinking but reading about hearty red wines from California. It was a delight... Read More
Free to choose
I am fairly certain that capitalism and democracy have some serious compatibility problems. But I do believe in the free market, and... Read More