It’s been a bit wild since 2019 debuted. It started with reporting in Chile. I flew direct on Latam to Santiago, took a puddle jumper to Concepción and there was... read more →
What do I think the trends and issues coming up this year will be? Thanks for asking. #1: Natural Whines The natural wine revolution will continue to morph and provoke.... read more →
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"Go ahead, you don't have to stay with me," Ethel said. Ethel, that's my no-longer-89-year-old, still doing the daily drive in from Long Beach to 'the place' on the Bowery, Mom.... read more →
That’s me and Melanie Tarlant when I visited during the smashing 2018 harvest. Plenty of Tarlant surprises coming up. Stay tuned. Managing editor Christy Frank pushed me to write (practically)... read more →
LETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 28 There are some things you just have to experience for yourself, and drinking in Copenhagen is one of them. Wine just taste so vibrant there. Is... read more →
This was published in 2015, in the New York Times' The End, a series about end-of-life. Not at all wine related. Forever the prankster, my father died at 79 on Yom Kippur... read more →
Hello, Hello, The past ten days I landed in the Northern Rhône and ended up in Copenhagen. There's more to tell but right now I have a question: Have you... read more →
Last week I stopped by Tony Coturri in Sonoma and we tasted (the new vintages are beautiful) and talked about the current state of natural and goût de souris—the retronasal... read more →
In the last days of June, I spent it in blissful dancing. I'm talking balance and swing, up a double and back, that sort of thing. In the country. On... read more →