by admin | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog
n Using Internal Visual to Calibrate the Structure in WineA belated Happy New Year to everyone! I hope the holidays provided some much-deserved quality time off with family, friends, and most of all solo down time. This is the time of year when people tend to make...
by admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
n It’s the holidays yada yada. Once again, the year is careening to a close with alarming finality and potential for collateral damage. Family dinners and corporate gatherings loom large on the horizon like accidents waiting to happen. Now more than ever the art of...
by admin | Nov 24, 2019 | Blog
n As times goes on, I have fewer criteria for the wines I like to drink on a regular basis. First, regardless of place or grape, a wine has to be well-made and typical for what it is. Mineral and earth qualities help keep my interest. But above all, a wine has to be...
by admin | Nov 2, 2019 | Blog
n “Wine is complicated. Almost impossibly so.”Jamie GoodeRecently I was in Brooklyn for a meeting. Dinner the first night was with four MS colleagues. The menu was shellfish and seafood-based and the wine list was small but eclectic—no surprise given that we were in...
by admin | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog
n nnnnnGerhard RichternnnnnnI’m often asked about classes I teach outside of the Master Sommelier curriculum. While I often put together one-off custom tasting sessions for various clients, there are two classes that I regularly teach at the Napa Valley Wine Academy...
