Sep 21, 20202 min readSagrantino: Your Clutch Player Of 2020.This year has been a test of endurance and faith (at least for me). And now, here we are in the "embers": (September, October, November,...
Aug 24, 20202 min readTraveling In The Time Of CORONA.If everything that is good lasted forever, would we really appreciate it? Probably not, and one of my reasons for loving wine. Though...
Aug 2, 20193 min readDon't like pouring money down the drain? Wine Storage. It matters. A friend of mine had been “saving “a few special bottles since the 1990’s to open on a grand occasion. In the summer of 2009 she decided...
Mar 17, 20192 min readOld World versus New World. How wines are labeled. Old World wines are wines made in Europe, the places that have been making wine the longest (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, etc.). These...
Mar 14, 20192 min readLocation, location, location. Understanding Terroir.Terroir. Have you have seen this word before? Maybe in a wine review or on a wine list? It sounds fancy but stay with me because...
Mar 11, 20192 min readKeeping an open mind. How wine is like dating. In a recent class, I was pouring a sauvignon blanc for high level executives and as I came to one gentleman, he crossed his arms and...