Hang out with the World’s Top Wine Writers. For Free.
One of the great perks of having been at this wine writing thing for some time involves my association with
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 19, 2014
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
Vinography Images: Divine Droplets
Divine Droplets Dew beads on the down of a newly unfurled grape leaf in Sonoma County. INSTRUCTIONS: Download this image
Bay Area Bordeaux: Tasting Santa Cruz Mountain Cabernets
It sounds like the beginnings of a joke: how do you hook a wine writer? The answer, it turns out,
US 2014 Vintage – Early, Fast, Eventful
It has become my habit each year to check in with winemakers across the United States as harvest concludes in
Vinography Images: Big Shadow
Big Shadow A California Live Oak casts a big shadow in the morning sun near a vineyard in Sonoma County.
Come Explore The Essence of Wine with Me in Healdsburg: October 30th, 2014
Healdsburg is one of my favorite little wine country towns. Located at what I like to think of as the
Vinography Unboxed: Week of October 5, 2014
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
Another Idiotic California Law Screws Wineries
Last week I wrote about the perverted horrors of Proposition 65, the law ostensibly created to protect Californians against toxic
Vinography Images: Vineyard Reflections
Vineyard Reflections A young vineyard reflects in standing water following a rain storm in Sonoma County. INSTRUCTIONS: Download this image
The Fake Tongue Illusion and Wine Tasting
The degree to which the mechanics of our own perception continue to be a mystery to us gives me no
2014 Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting: October 21, San Francisco
There are wine tastings, and then there are wine tastings. The annual Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Tasting is
Cool Beauty: Tasting the Wines of the Western Sonoma Coast
I’ll admit it. I’m an acid freak. More than anything else in a wine, I’m looking for the juiciness that
Vinography Images: Shaggy Companions
Shaggy Companions Old trees offer a modicum of shade to a vineyard in the summer heat. Moss laden oaks accompany
2014 Pinot on the River Tasting: October 26, Healdsburg
Now is a wonderful, if slightly manic time to be wandering around wine country. Harvest is, for many, complete, and
Vinography Unboxed: Week of September 21, 2014
Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of
The Essence of Wine is Ready to Buy!
It is with great pleasure that I announce the official publishing and general availability of my book The Essence of
Vinography Images: Spring Carpet
Spring Carpet A carpet of green sits under vines after a wet winter in Sonoma County as the sun sets
California Law and Wine: Ups and Downs
California is by most measures, the eighth largest economy in the world. And of the state’s $2.05 Trillion domestic production,
