A recent blind tasting of 1996 Chateau Calon Segur gave us insight into how this vintage is coming along. This well respected St. Estephe wine is classified as a third growth in the 1855 scheme. It is easily recognizable by the...
Read MoreI just returned from a medical meeting at the Bellagio in Vegas. As usual the vibrant and luxurious restaurant scene of this city provided a few eye-poppers. I ate at L’Atelier de Joel Rebuchon at the MGM Grand, and...
Read MoreThe 2/7/10 San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine carries an ad by Chateau Montelena that their 7 year quest to create yet another appellation within Napa surrounding their property has finally borne fruit. As of 1/7/10, Napa...
Read MoreI spent two weeks in Spain last October and sampled over 20 different wine labels. Previously my understanding of Spain could be summed up in only one word: Rioja. After my sojourn I returned home confused, as one is apt to do...
Read MoreA rare New Year’s Eve experience for me in San Francisco last night; we found ourselves in a venue (Ritz-Carlton Hotel) where the wine list was awful and the cocktails $25 apiece. I came home sober! I actually drove our...
Read MoreIn 2007 my financial advisor, anticipating the coming recession, sent me an article analysing how various economic parameters rise and fall in a recession. The main point was that the stock market recovers early, before anyone...
Read MoreLast night I experienced the deep satisfaction that I imagine missionaries and prosletizers experience on the moment when they convert someone. The occasion was our usual Friday night wine tasting. A new member named Jerrus has...
Read MoreAfter a long hiatus in which I visited Spain I am back. More about Spanish wines in future blogs; I am still trying to digest my experience there, no pun intended.Yesterday I took my parents out for Thanksgiving dinner at...
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