LOST COLONY TO VIRGINIA DARE; NEW COPPOLA PROJECT PART II
Already in possession of two major wineries in Napa and Sonoma, Francis Ford Coppola has now acquired a third, currently in transition, temporarily named The [...]
THE LOST COLONY, A NEW LONG TERM PROJECT BY COPPOLA; PART I
Famous movie director Francis Ford Coppola has added another winery to his list of acquisitions, one he hopes will complete his vision of a unique [...]
A NEW ULTRA-PRIVATE, PERSONALIZED TASTING, PART II: CARPENTER WINERY
Following Skipstone Ranch, our next tasting at Carpenter Winery, also arranged by our Healdsburg B&B, took us to the far south end of the Alexander [...]
A NEW ULTRA-PRIVATE, PERSONALIZED TASTING, PART I: SKIPSTONE RANCH
The sample tasting that began in the wine country as a marketing effort akin to those of a bakery or produce stand, keeps evolving into [...]
EARLY HARVEST IN CALIFORNIA AND CURRENT STATS; REALLY? THAT MANY WINERIES?
It's harvest time!Wait a minute....Summer isn't over yet. How can that be?Believe it or not, the California wine grape harvest is already nearly over. Thanks [...]
CLOS DE GILROY, EASYGOING IN THE RHONE RANGE
In a recent Friday night tasting a dark red wine appeared in a slope shouldered bottle,blinded as all our bottles are. It had a subtle [...]
A TALE OF TWO CONTERNOS
In a recent Friday night tasting we received a special treat. Dr. Browne contributed the bottle you see below, a 1971 Barolo from a well [...]
JENNY
A strange real life experience with an imaginary person! Her name is Jenny. I realized how intimate I am with her.As I wrote my collection [...]
MUSING ABOUT CLIMAXES
Today I discovered that I am climax oriented. No, it's not what you think.I came to this discovery while driving to work, listening to my [...]
HOLLYWOOD SOMM IN THE BIG APPLE, SON CUBANO
The last time we checked in with Jerrus Roxas, alumnus of our Friday night wine group, he was a sommelier at Fig & Olive, a [...]