Aug 3, 2006
I can’t tell you how many non-Californians I’ve spoken to over the years who simply want nothing to do with earthquakes and who even question my sanity for living in a place where "you are simply going to be swallowed up by the earth one day." The fact is, if there is anything more exciting than a moderately strong earthquake, if there is anything that gets the heart racing faster than a decent sized jolt of the ground below you,…
Aug 2, 2006
What does one drink to celebrate scoring two tickets to see the great Oscar Peterson live? Happily, that’s my only real dilemma today. But, it does make one think about the nature of celebration and its natural connection to wine. I don’t know about many of you but I’ve often given serious consideration to exactly which wine to open for a particular celebration. I have many a friend who give somewhat deep thought to this issue. And we aren’t thinking…
Jul 31, 2006
I hope this post doesn’t come off as bragging. I hope it comes off as thankful homage to my hometown. This past weekend was by far one of the best I"ve spent in some time. I didn’t leave my hometown, Glen Ellen. Rather, I reveled in its special attractions and was reminded that Glen Ellen is more than just a wine country village. It’s a sybarite’s retreat. Without leaving town this weekend, I visited a cheesemonger, a chocolatier, a seller…
Jul 29, 2006
Over at the day job side of my life, we are looking to fill out our database of Wine PR types. In essence we are looking for folk who have some experience in wine public relations or some experience in PR/marketing/communications and a knowledge of wine that might recommend them as potential independent contractors or even, down the road, as hires. Here’s the kind of person we want to talk to: -You can write, write well, and write fairly quickly….
Jul 12, 2006
There was a time in my life when I was flat broke. I was studying History (“what are you going to do with that degree, young man?”) at University and everything I had went into books, supplies, rent and, usually, Cup O’Noodle Soup. Yet I still had back then an interest in wine that would lead me on occasion, when there was something leftover, to buy a bottle. And you drank it…no matter what. In fact, when you are as…