Happy to announce that The Dirty Wine to Guide was one of five books Eric Asimov suggested for holiday gifting. He used the words exhilarating, useful and important. So, in a... read more →
“Veronelli is not your kind of thing, is he?” Lorena Ascencios, the grande dame wine buyer of Astor Wines, asked me this before a Chateau Le Puy tasting. I looked at her wide-eyed... read more →
Last week I received a random, really random, email from a woman who needed help. She wanted something to go with Thanksgiving salmon and was told to buy Caymus (didn’t... read more →
Outside of RAW 2016, eating, drinking, and funning. Overwhelmed looking at the list of people showing wines at RAW 2017? When I look through who I've written about in TFL... read more →
Nearly five years ago, the day after Sandy, The Feiring Line launched. Upon heading to my designer--who had electricity and connectivity, when I did not, to hit the send button I... read more →
T.Puzelat was still standing the night before the New Wine Festival. Here he is with Soliko of Our Wine. This was the celebration after another wine tasting, Zero Compromise,... read more →
Back in 2008 this essay of mine was published in The Washington Post. What can I say? Many of us have failed parents, but they are our failed parents. My dad.... read more →
In August I was at the San Diego natural wine festival, entitled, NatDiego. For the record, it was sweet. On the bus off the bus, round and round to fun... read more →
On a Monday in June in McMinnville, something super cool happened. Post-tasting clean-up. There was a superb greet, drink and pick up a copy of Dirty Guide to Wine gathering... read more →
“The Joys of Processed Wine and Ignore the Snobs, Drink the Cheap, Delicious Wine” was the two-titled opinion piece from writer Bianca Bosker. It appeared in last week’s New York Times.... read more →