Watching the World Cup Soccer games has been a whirlwind of excitement and anticipation. Now we're down to the semi-finals with only four teams still in the running. Tomorrow Netherlands plays Uruguay, and Wednesday Germany plays Spain. My hopes are pinned...
By the time you read this, I will be at the 3rd annual Americas Wine Bloggers Conference, as both a participant and a panelist. This year the event is being held in Walla Walla, WA, and the local (and not-very-local) sponsors are looking to roll out the red carpet...
I just spent the first half of the week in New York. I forgot how much I love that place. I realize that summer there is gorgeous and sunny with a high of 82 doesn't suck; but is it just me that when you step out of baggage claim to get a cab, you expect...
A few days ago I read a piece by Jon Troutman over at Corkd.com on the power of suggestion in wine tasting. It's worth a read, but the for the purpose of summarization, the gist of the article is that in Jon's experience, being given a set of descriptors...
I'm a freak over Riesling. I drink enough of it that my wife frequently imposes moratoriums on the pairing of Riesling with dinner, so that she can get a break from it at least once in a while. When I published my first "most interesting wines of the year"...
I was at dinner the other night and was drinking a bottle of 2003 Cesari Single Vineyard Amarone della Valpolicella (after an hour in glass it turned into liquid dark chocolate. Killer stuff, but that's not important right now) and I offered one of my friends...