Apr 5, 2005
For the life of me, I can’t figure out why today isn’t declared a national holiday. Today is opening day of the San Francisco Giants baseball season. This special day only confirms that spring has actually arrived. Forget budbreak, forget the spring equinox. Spring officially begins when the Giants take the field. The only thing really bad about today is I won’t be at the game. I’ll be working. But, i read that one of my favorite restaurants near the…
Apr 4, 2005
I don’t recall when I first came across Sandra Gonzalez. I think it was probably around two years ago. I’d probably seen an article somewhere and tracked down the author. When we spoke and e-mailed Ms. Gonzalez explained she was engaged in a mission to bring wine and the Latino culture together. You don’t hear this sort of thing in the wine business. Once you move out of the vineyards you notice pretty quick that the wine industry is not…
Apr 4, 2005
It has always perturbed me a bit that our society essentially demands that girls and women fit into a particular physical mold: skinny, made up, the right clothes. By and large, the demand is met with an equal supply of women willing to buy into the cliche marketed everywhere. So I’m not sure if it’s a good thing that the wine industry as rode in to reinforce these demands and help women meet them with a wine marketed directly at…
Mar 27, 2005
At The Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples passed a common cup, drinking wine from it. Yes, real honest to goodness wine. This act set the stage for a ritual known as Communion that has been with the church for more than 2000 years. I’m not much of church-goer myself. However, I’ve always been attracted to the ritual and ceremony of the catholic church. And as an avid wine drinker, I’ve always appreciated connection that wine had to the particular…
Mar 23, 2005
Wine lovers tend to be readers. If they weren’t there would not be entire wine subsection in the "Cooking" area of the bookstore. That’s not to say that tomato lovers are not readers. It’s just that there’s a good deal more to investigate when it comes to wine. So, if you really want to investigate wine. If you want to step into Wine Reader Nirvana, you really need to visit The Sonoma County Wine Library in Healdsburg, California. This remarkable…