I’m surprised and pleased to announce that a story I wrote recently for Palate Press has been selected as a finalist for “Best Blog Post of 2012.” If you enjoy my writing, I welcome your support. Please cast your vote here.
Nominations opened today for the 2012 Wine Blog Awards, recognizing excellence in wine writing by those who self-publish online. I'm pleased already to have been…
I met my mother for lunch recently at a restaurant in town. We don’t eat there often, maybe once or twice a year. It…
My birthday’s on the winter solstice, and it fell on a Wednesday this year. It was a normal, if very dark, work day. I didn’t…
In the day it’s black tea, in the evening red wine. It’s always something because this isn’t quite right, isn’t enough, or quite what…
We taste with four of our five senses: sight, smell, taste, and touch. (We don’t use our ears to taste, but you may have…
Onions. Butter. Heat.
Seven years ago on our honeymoon, my husband and I spent a long weekend in the Northern Rhône. We thought of it as a…
“I am une garagiste, a woman who makes wine in her garage, and I am maître liquoriste. I am the would-be parfumeur. I am…
Randall Grahm, celebrated winemaker of Bonny Doon Vineyard, is betting the farm on one big, beautiful idea: terroir. In his new book, Been Doon…
Photo: Alex Krause Randall Grahm, celebrated winemaker of Bonny Doon Vineyard, is betting the farm on one big, beautiful idea: terroir. In his new…