Oct 30, 2006
Talk about getting this boy excited. I wake up yesterday, tromp out to the lawn to pick up the Sunday papers, sit with coffee by my side and open the my favorite Sunday reading material. And what do I see? An article that brings together two of my favorite things in life: Baseball and wine. There in my Sunday paper is an article about Tom "Terrific" Seaver, one of the best pitcher to ever throw a baseball and, apparently a…
Oct 27, 2006
I don’t think it is a matter of simply being adverse to change, though I am a fan of stability. That said, I really can’t say how disappointed I was recently when I picked up a domestic rose that I’ve drunk a lot of over the years. It was, sort of, my "go to" rose: it has been truly dry, expressive of strawberries but not overly so, exhibited good acid and really was a beautiful afternoon quaffer that usually came…
Oct 16, 2006
There’s funny, and then there is FUNNY. Click on the picture below to see FUNNY!! Hat tip to the guys at The Cork Dorks, where REAL wine education for Television is in production.
Oct 9, 2006
My neck of the woods is generally a fairly quiet little place. Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley is off of Highway 29, the major road tht runs down the center of Sonoma Valley. Despite the tourism that is year round, Glen Ellen tends to be a locals’ dominate village. That changes one weekend per year. This last weekend to be specific. 5000 folks descended upon Glen Ellen, more specifically to BR Cohn Winery to hear the annual concert that Bruce…
Oct 2, 2006
Ever hear the term "Guns don’t kill, people kill"? It has been the long term meme of the gun rights folk who point out that guns are not inherently dangerous unless they are in the hands of dangerous people. Being one who tends to favor a bit of gun control legislation here and there I tend to scoff at what seems like trite political slogan. Then I see stories like THIS ONE and realize that the slogan might only seem…