In this edition of our sipping during the time of SIP (Samples In Progress, during Shelter In Place), we’re setting the Wayback machine for 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2016, as we go back in time and into the samples pool with Napa Valley’s perennially misunderstood Hesperian Wines. I was provided this in-home vertical tasting opportunity…
Category: elegant wines
Two From the Road (Sicily Wrap-up)
Things move a bit more on rilassato side when you’re dealing with Sicily. Which is the excuse that I’m employing to justify only now (a mere six months later) getting around to finishing up my disparate coverage from my last media tour there. While I don’t exactly miss the act of traveling itself during this…
Wine in the Time of Coronavirus (What We Drank on My Sequestered Birthday)
Well, folks… sh*t is definitely real right now. Unusually for this extrovert, I had to celebrate my birthday in self-imposed sequestered fashion, a precaution taken to help practice social distancing and hopefully do a small part in flattening the curve of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, due to the ever-expanding wine sample pool (yes, I’m…
“Good Evening, Clarice” (Facing Off with Clarice Wine Company Pinot Noir and Adam Lee)
Recently, I caught up with iconoclastic winemaker Adam Lee, to see what he’s been up to since transitioning his well-regarded Siduri brand to Jackson Family Wines, for an interview published on the Napa Valley Wine Academy website. Adam is a great sport and an equally great interviewee, as you’ll no doubt be able to quickly…