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...
by admin | Nov 22, 2012 | Blog
n My friends and family all know about it. To students who visit our house for coaching, it’s become a sort of “B” movie legend. Carla, the kids, and I live with it every day so we barely think about it. I’m referring to our downstairs bathroom just off the...
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Blog
n “Baseball is 90% mental — the other half is physical.” Yogi BerraTo a linguistics specialist, life is filled with conditional sentences, or “if – then” clauses. For the rest of us...
