by admin | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog
I didn’t have much of a choice. Actually, given the location of my event that day in Chicago’s West Loop, I had no other option for early morning sustenance aside from the lowest common food denominator. That or face an audience of 60-70 eager wine...
by admin | Oct 29, 2024 | Blog
Drum Roll, Please… Behold the cover of my new book “Strong Water: Tales of a Master Sommelier’s Life in Food, Wine, and Restaurants.” I’m pleased to announce that the “Strong Water” will be released on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024....
by admin | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog
Stanley Tucci was a guest on The Late Show recently with Stephen Colbert. Tucci was his usual dazzling urbanite self. Colbert, in trying to be the Perle Mesta of talk show hosts (look it up), surprised Tucci by pulling up a fully-loaded cocktail tray from behind his...
by admin | Oct 9, 2024 | Blog, Strong Water
This post is another chapter from my new book, Strong Water: Tales of a Master Sommelier’s Life in Food, Wine, and Restaurants. It’s a collection of essays written over the last ten-plus years that will be published this fall. One of the sections of the book...
by admin | Sep 25, 2024 | Blog, Strong Water
This post is another chapter from my new book, Strong Water: Tales of a Master Sommelier’s Life in Food, Wine, and Restaurants. It’s a collection of essays written over the last ten-plus years that will be published this fall. One of the sections of the book is about...
by admin | Sep 11, 2024 | Blog
It was Christmas dinner in 1981. At the time, I was a grad student at the University of Michigan studying classical trumpet. That first year Carla and I elected not to go home to New Mexico for the holidays, but chose instead to stay in frigidly cold and snowy Ann...
