Funny, some of the convergences in life. Just a few observations from the road. Maybe it’s all the high- sugar, high-acid wine I’ve been try...

Bordeaux is in the tanks, Australian wines are on the decline. Elite California wines are having an identity crisis, and Spanish wines suffe...

From the " they keep lobbing softballs like this at me, I just had to hit it " department. In my inbox I get these kinds of notes...

Farewell, my little Mexican Pepperleaf Under the full moon I walked outside to spend one last moment with her. All summer she spent with me...

Oh yeah, it’s like, Sunday in the Fall. Meet the Press, Football, World Series, all kinds of diversions. What it is for us three-tier crusad...

From the " I couldn't make this up " department. _______________ launches _______________! ___________is the name of the lates...

El sueño del Día de los Muertos “Italy is falling apart from within and they cannot even see it.” I dreamt that I awoke in my bed at 4:00 A...

For weeks it seems I have been slumbered over a computer, studying trends, making spread sheets, eating dust. Bound to this place by time of...

When I got out of college, our country was in the midst of a serious economic downturn. In addition, my nuclear family was being torn apart ...