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And now, for something completely serious.

Recently, I was invited to take part in a very important and prestigious wine judging event. Fortunately, my trusty sidekick was availablet o capture this moment on video!

We all know about the Judgement at Paris. But have you heard about the Judgement on Silverado Trail? A few weeks ago, we sat, we tasted, and we judged.

Please, watch [...]

Finding you inner wineaux

If you’re like me, you have a lot of wine in the cellar. Maybe it’s organized, maybe it’s a mess. I’m a bit of both, with racks of wine mostly organized by varital, but also with stacks of wine in boxes all around the cellar.

So, when Vino Finder recently contacted me and asked [...]

BINGO!

Bar Bingo that is. Have you ever been in a total useless meeting or concall at work and wish you had an escape? Many of us who came of age during the digital revolution got our feet wet on Bullshit Bingo for our Palm Pilots in the 90s and early 00s.

Well, now there is Bar [...]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai and other tales of blending

First – apologies for this post being late on arrival. As some of you may know, I have been dealing with some personal issues that have been hammering me in to the ground like Wile E. Coyote under an Acme Anvil. I’m trying to come up for air, so here goes. Please excuse the lack [...]

Rockaway baby, in my wine glass

Who can forget, the Rockaway Scandel of 2008, where bloggers around the country were courted sent bottles of the Rockaway Cabernet Sauvignon by Rodney Strong. Now, I wasn’t part of the original Rockaway 10, or however many it was, but some of you might recall that the big bruhaha was becuase of a misunderstood condition [...]

Bacon is BACK! A day late, a strip short.

Yes I know, I started Bacon Fridays, and then promptly dropped it when my time was not my own. I am BACK! BACON is back!

One night this week, I got home and was mildly irritated at myself to discover that i really had no food in the house. Fortunately for myself, I had a half [...]

Hospitali-teed off!

This weekend, I was fortunate enough to find myself in Napa, celebrating Lisa’s (@winedivergirl) housewarming. Since I was staying the night, we had planned to go wine tasting the next day with our friend Brian from The Roger Smith Hotel (@bsimi), who was visiting from New York. When we got going on the rainy winter [...]

Open that Bottle already!

Have you ever wanted an excuse to open a special bottle of wine you have been holding on to, but just can’t quite bring yourself to crack? Now is your chance!

Saturday, February 28th, marks the annual Open That Bottle Night celebration, an event started by that wine writing couple from the Wall Street Journal – [...]

Jumping frogs, Twisted wines, and Sneaky Syrah

Who needs romantic candlelit dinners? Who needs chocolate and sweet nothings? Not me. I had a much better Valentine’s Day weekend, spend slurping the good stuff in one of the hottest new wine regions of California, Calaveras County.

My first visits to this area were whizzing by Douglas Flat on the way to go skiing [...]

I don’t taste and tell, except for you!

As some of you might know, I am trying to be a winemaker. No, I don’t have carboys set up in the garage, and no I’m not living in the lap of luxury in Sonoma. I am lucky enough to live in a city that has it’s own community custom crush facility, Crushpad.

I am part [...]

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