Earlier this year, I received a rather interestingly odd invitation to judge a wine competition. Now, there’s nothing particularly odd about me being invited to judge, as I’ve had the good fortune of judging several wine competitions over the last decade-plus, and probably should consider myself an old-timer seasoned veteran of wine competitions at this…
Category: wine industry events
A Rock Star at a Wine Conference? Awwwww YEAH! (More On Wine Future 2023)
I am getting increasingly STOKED about the upcoming Wine Future 2023 conference (held November 7-9 in Coimbra, Portugal). This is, of course, in no small part due to the fact that I will be on stage at Wine Future 2023 with none other than F–KING ROCK LEGEND Bruce Dickinson of F–KING Iron Maiden. I just…
🤘🤘 UP THE IRONS!!! 🤘🤘Join Me (and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson) In Portugal For Wine Future 2023
🤘🤘 COME ON, YOU IRONS!!! 🤘🤘 I am beyond thrilled to tell you that I am once again joining forces with the team behind the Wine Future conference! Not just because Wine Future 2023 (held November 7-9 and themed “Breaking Down Barriers”) will be touching on topics near and dear to my wine industry lovin’…
Getting You Hungry For Hungary at NVWA
My latest piece for the Pouring Points section over at Napa Valley Wine Academy had me reminiscing about one of the most formative experiences of my professional career in wine: namely, my stint working in Hungary as part of the Furmint USA program. It carries the not-so-subtle title of The Wine School Trip of a…