Feb 5, 2009
I've been drinking wine for nearly as long as I've been pining after, dating, kissing, marrying, divorcing, wooing, heartbroken by, cheated on by, lied to by, adoring, and loving women. And here I am today, at 45 years of age, divorced, single, and still drinking wine.What you should glean from this is that I'm probably not the right guy from whom to take advise on women. However, I might just be the guy to take advice on how to incorporate…
Feb 4, 2009
—————————————————————————————————————– Every now and then I like to look and see what's coming down the pike where wine-related books are concerned. There are always lots of How-To's and "What-to-Drink" books. Every year we get new books on touring wine country and big shiny atlases of various regions. Below is a list of the more interesting and intriguing wine-related books that will be published this year. Sex and Spirits: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake By Sarah Hand Meacham…
Feb 3, 2009
___________________________________________________________________ Representative local government is where things get done that most effect our daily lives. And yet, few of us can name the Mayor, the County Supervisors or the city counsel representatives that we elect to care for our community. Here in Sonoma Wine Country a great number of the wineries are governed by the County, rather than by the town or city. And while local lawmakers here tend to very sensitive to the importance of wine to the economy…
Feb 2, 2009
If you looked closely at the faces of the Arizona Cardinal players when time ran out on them yesterday I think you would have noticed a common expression that only could be interpreted one way: Grief. It's the same expression anyone wears as disappointment and sadness begin to co-mingle in the mind. It's not pleasant. One thing to note is that this Grief is not something you'll ever see someone wear on their sleeve no matter how much disappointment and…
Jan 21, 2009
Watching and listening to the ceremonies surrounding the 44th President of the United States take the oath of office, I was struck by many things. But chief among them was the power of words. President's Obama's address to the nation was powerful, compelling and infused with imagery with the ability to galvanize an active mind around ideas: "we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united." The poet…