Category: Ramblings and Rants
I’ll Drink to That: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos of Gaia Wines
Episode 275 of I’ll Drink to That has been released, and features Yiannis Paraskevopoulos of Gaia Wines, an estate that

Brand vs. Terroir in Wine
Fuissé, one of Burgundy’s picturesque villages. This week gave anyone interested in wine the opportunity to observe an almost perfect
I’ll Drink to That: Andrea Fassone of Enotria Wine Imports
Episode 274 of I’ll Drink to That has been released, and features Andrea Fassone of Enotria Wine Imports, an importer

Warm Up: The Italian Influence in California
Grape harvest in California’s Central Valley 1898 Courtesy of USC Libraries, Special Collections. CA Historical Society Collection Over the last
I’ll Drink to That: Megan Glaab of Ryme Cellars
Episode 273 of I’ll Drink to That has been released, and features Megan Glaab, one of the partners of Ryme

Listen Up!! I’ll Drink to That on Vinography
We live in a golden age of wine content. There have never been more ways to read about wine, learn

America’s Most Peculiar Appellation
To say that the economy of California’s Yuba County peaked during the Gold Rush and has been in slow decline

What’s Holding Wine Back in America
I guess by now I should not be surprised at the vitriol that wine sometimes inspires, especially given that people

The World’s First Wine Bar
Scientists have long known that our relationship with booze goes back a ways, so to speak. This past year, they

Secrets of the World’s Best Wine Lists
Up until this year, I had been a strong admirer and customer of great wine lists, but had never had

The Great Prosecco Crisis of 2015
Have you noticed something strange recently? Look closely at all those Millennials you see around you in the bars and

California’s Other Seven Percent
Most major wine regions of the world have come to be dominated by a select few grape varieties. In Europe,

Imagining a Better Future for the Soils of Champagne
In Champagne, like in many of the world’s most famous wine regions, vineyard land has become egregiously expensive. According to
Book Signing on May 9th, at Raymond Vineyards in Napa
Hello everyone, especially you there in Napa and surrounding environs. I’m coming to town to do a book signing on

Doorman: Changing My Wine Delivery Life
The points of intersection between my day job life in the world of Silicon Valley technology and design and my

Going Dry In California
On 1 April, while the rest of the country was engaged in harmless pranks, California’s governor Jerry Brown was getting

Off to Taste Champagne!
i’ve been lucky enough to spend some of my time writing about wine for the past 11 years. In the

Vinography a Finalist in the 2015 Saveur Blog Awards
I’m quite pleased to announce that Vinography is a finalist in the 2015 Saveur Magazine Blog Awards in the category

The Changing Love of Pinot Noir?
To properly frame the sort of revelation that follows, you need to understand a few things. The first is that