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Thursday, December 10, 2009
On a Hot Streak During a Cold Snap
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I must be crazy. Wednesday morning I awoke to sub-freezing temperatures. My Hoja Santa long past giving up the ghost, I set out to check on...
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Sombudsman, Wine Cougars & Straddle Baggers
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The O-N-D Chronicles Sombudsman I got an email from my buddy, the Big Guy, early Saturday morning. “Enjoyed our lunch together. I’ve been th...
Saturday, December 05, 2009
The Guile of the Private Label
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A cautionary tale, jettisoned from the vacuum of commerce Back in the early 1980’s I decided to make wine. It started out as a way to identi...
Thursday, December 03, 2009
One Upon a Time (again) in America
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One never knows what a day will bring on the wine trail. Yesterday started out with a snow flurry in the morning followed by a lunch with my...
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Good Mentor: On Wine Buying
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A few years ago, one of my wine mentors passed away, leaving me with a pile of wine books with notes placed inside them. Every once in a wh...
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The World of Italian Wine in 2009 ~ So Far
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Looking at Italian wine sales, compared to France and Australia (their nearest world competitors on a case and dollar volume level, it is lo...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A Timeless Tranquility in Tuscany
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The road to Querciavalle ~ June 1987 One of the great things about being on the wine trail in Italy for all these years is the precious opp...
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A Moving Experience
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This afternoon I was standing in the aisle of a super market looking at a stack of Italian wine. A good looking woman in her middle 40‘s, wi...
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