by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | Blog
n Several months ago I wrote a post on Mozart and how you can help save the classical music universe by purchasing/downloading some of Wolfgang’s music. Practically all the comments I had from readers were very positive, but many asked, “what’s next?” “Where do I go...
by admin | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog
n April 2006; I’d been in Portugal for the better part of a week with good friend and fellow Master Keith Goldston. We were guests of AMORIM, Portugal’s largest cork producer, and had toured cork factories, seen cork forests, and sat through seminars on all things...
by admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Blog
n Over the last ten-plus years, I’ve taught a classed called Mastering Wine II at the Rudd Center in St. Helena. In most respects, MWII, as I like to call it, is a second level wine survey class organized by focusing on a different grape variety or varieties each of...
by admin | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog
n First, a belated Happy New Year to everyone. Here’s to a great 2013 in all possible ways. For those of you that don’t know, I live in the Sunset district of San Francisco, completely ill-named because it’s the coldest and foggiest part of the city. To point, while...
by admin | Dec 13, 2012 | Blog
n The holidays are upon us; that means the unforeseen and unexpected need for gifts for people who you wouldn’t normally give anything to much less hang out with–as in your boss, a just-paroled relative, or your ex. With that in mind, I’d like to make a blanket...
by admin | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
n Wine is now produced in all 50 states. That’s right; wine is now commercially made in every state in the union. Though I’m tempted to cringe when thinking about potential exotic vinous offerings from places like Florida and Alaska, I’ve decided come up with a new...
