by admin | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
n Columbia Pictures One of my core beliefs about wine is that it’s the great connector–it connects us to each other in ways that no other thing, substance, or small household appliance does. That for thousands of years, since the time primitive man first started...
by admin | Jul 19, 2020 | Blog
n “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.”Yogi BerraIn deductive tasting, the sensory evaluation sequence when one gathers as information about a wine’s appearance, aroma, and palate is only part of the equation. What’s equally important,...
by admin | Jun 27, 2020 | Blog
n Diana LoMeiHing: In the Factory the Candy Comes Out to Dance I originally published this post almost five years ago. Since then I’ve come to believe that the concept of “cause and effect” is one of the very cornerstones in the process of becoming a good professional...
by admin | Jun 14, 2020 | Blog
n Perhaps the most often asked question is about the meaning of life. The answer is, of course, 42. Sorry, inside joke. The second most often asked question is what happens to wine as it ages. That question has a far more problematic answer because scientists don’t...
by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog
n Kate Warfield Last fall I had a rare half-day free in New York after a meeting. That night I shared dinner with good friends Beth Cotenoff, of Teuwen Communications, and Ron Merlino. Ron has owned a classical artists management company called MusicVine for over 20...
by admin | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog
n Photo by Carol Sachs I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Michael Broadbent at the age of 92. He was a true icon of the global industry, and his contributions to wine over the last 60-plus years cannot be measured.Broadbent passed the Master of Wine...
