Good guy, great winemaker: Jeff Runquist outtakes
One of the cool things about my gig is getting to talk to great vintners, and I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing Jeff Runquist... Read More
Gleanings: 4-8-16
My semi-harried life has been filled with wild and wacky and wonderful wine experiences and encounters of late. A few of my... Read More
Outtakes on how we taste wine (or don’t)
Some stories are especially fun to research and write. Like this one, about the sensory aspects of wine, how being in planes or... Read More
Gleanings: 2-1-16
Observations and revelations from the wine world: • Had a really fun dinner last week with some fellow pinot-files, tasting blindly. Interestingly, many... Read More
Linkin’ logs: 1-29-16
Healthy and wise, if not wealthy. That’s what you’ll be after this spin through Linkin’ Memorial High: • Turns out Martha Stewart’s... Read More
Snippets from the Judgment of Cloverdale
As usual, judging wines last week has been a good bit of fun and a LOT of work (you try giving a... Read More
Gleanings: 1-4-16
The anecdotal hits, they keep on coming: • I should know better than to do this, but I went to the Wine... Read More