Knudsen Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir: A Taste of Steamin’ Crow

This morning, Monday, November 2nd, 2015, I’m breakfasting on my usual cereal and yogurt and fresh fruit, accompanied by a Continue reading →

On Cicerones, Sommeliers, and The Cult of The “Expert”

  For at least the past twenty-five years, I’ve had no fewer than a dozen inquiries/requests each year, along the Continue reading →

Klinker Brick “Farrah” Syrah: Swoon-Inducing Cali Rhoneness

    I firmly believe that the best Syrah on the planet, in 2015, is being made right here in Continue reading →

Pliny The Elder, Pliny the Younger, and The Wine-ification of Beer

If you have even a passing connection to the American craft brewing culture, at any time in the past decade, Continue reading →

Euro-Snobs, Francophiles, Wine Snots and Other Irritants

One morning, not too long ago, I was reading a list of tweets and a couple of comments from a Continue reading →

“Drink Local” and A Guy Named Cliff: Don’t Be A Chump

Let me at least attempt to be brief, here: “Drink Local” does not mean settling for inferior beer, wine, or Continue reading →

Wine Myths and Why They SHOULD Make You Tired, Too

    In which some knucklehead in Philadelphia makes some patently fraudulent claims and I…uh…don’t really take it all that Continue reading →

On Gossip, Trolls, and The Dark Side of the Internet

I owned a wine shop, once upon a time. In it was a lovely marble bar where I poured wine Continue reading →