Occidental Respite On a day off, I wanted to taste. And I knew where I was headed. I […]
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Tasty Pedagogy Stuhlmuller Vineyards – 2014 Estate Chardonnay – Alexander Valley A jazzy Chardonnay algorithm from a producer […]
In the tasting room. Not throwing self into day too quickly, but I have the timer on as […]
Instead repeating descriptors that someone somewhere has already said or written, I talk about the wine’s personality. Its […]
Like the Foil There’s so much of it that’s indoctrination. Which is far past anything that could comfortably […]
Just Wanted Wine So much when you write about wine, or concede you’re drinking it, you have to […]
Encouraging Sip-Ignorance It’s advantageous to know what you’re sipping, I understand.. vintage, varietal, AVA, sub-AVA, sub-sub-AVA, and whatever […]
Think I want to give Zinfandel another shot. I all but dismissed the varietal from my life, no […]
Wined and Windblown Had been meaning to stop, for years, and finally I did a few weeks […]
I’ve written before that Chardonnay and I have the more quirky and turbulent of communicative associations. But with […]