Hungary – A trip in time and place
I spent the last week traveling through time. It’s not something that you get to do every day. And as you might imagine, it was pretty darn memorable. My companions were an amazing group: Master...
View ArticleTEXSOM International Wine Awards 2016
3200 Entries. The good news is that my panel didn’t have to judge them all! As a judge at the TEXSOM International Wine Awards, there are always three things I look forward to doing. Meeting and...
View ArticleHow to sell things with words
This weekend I started reading the real estate section of the San Francisco Chronicle, just for giggles. Normally I can’t be bothered, and I certainly don’t have the kind of money that allows me to...
View ArticlePat Fegan – Losing a Wine Icon
Very sad news this past week that our old friend Pat Fegan had passed away. Pat was an institution in Chicago. He taught classes, wrote about wine, and knew everyone who mattered. But more than that,...
View ArticleVino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Turns 50
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, the first and oldest DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controlata e Garantita) in Italy, held a birthday party this weekend to celebrate fifty years of making wine under the...
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