Hello friends – it’s a two-parter today! After spending a few hours yesterday hunkered down and reading through back issues of one of my favorite wine trade magazines, I finally got to my most recent issue and just about fell out of my chair at the title of one of the articles written by Roger […]
A very small few of you have been with me during tastings, and notice that I usually have a couple of items with me when tasting: a notebook and pen (I can’t yet get myself switched over to digital notes), my Deviant Guide to make sure I’m scoring wines correctly for my blog, and my […]
Two things: In my short time of being a lifelong student of wine, I’ve never thought about wine tasting in Livermore Until two months ago, I hadn’t yet heard of Steven Kent Winery or La Rochelle These two things, I’ve officially marked as tragic, but these two things have changed. Permanently, and for the better. […]
Hi folks, time for a new segment for the blog called “Try something different: new-to-you region” I realize that quite a few folks that read this blog or speak to me in person are always looking for recommendations of places to visit when coming into California, but maybe aren’t able to sync up with me […]
Toward the end of 2012, I took a two-day wine tasting trip with my cousin, Nicole. She lives out of the country, all the way on the other side of the world (read: Australia), and so my family and I don’t get to see her all that often. Because of these far-and-few-between visits (well…every other […]
