Vintage 2021 A Microscopic View — both close and narrowA few years ago, at Jocko’s, I was sharing a bottle of late 70’s Gemello Cabernet with a friend. After more than 40 years the wine…Dec 6, 20211Dec 6, 20211
Cocktail Concocting ContestWhen my older brother first presented this challenge, I knew that modifying an existing classic would be the surest route to success. It’s…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Vintage 2020 — A view from the left coastMany have observed that wine contains the bottled memories of Summers passed. While it may be more technically correct to say that wine…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Still Lives and Emotional Content“The air one sees in paintings of the masters cannot be breathed.”Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020
Creativity in Winemaking — Intuition and its Empirical Foundation“Intuition is no miracle; it is a spark that will fly once a large enough charge of knowledge, experiments, thought, and meditation has…Aug 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020
Binging on BooksYou hear a lot about folks binging on TV shows. Staying up way too late and watching episode after episode in a relentless 50-minute cycle…Jul 28, 2020Jul 28, 2020
Terroir in Wine — Somewhereness“No other major civilization in Europe or elsewhere has ever valued the soil more than the French or associated it more intimately with…Mar 10, 20203Mar 10, 20203
