In this time of… well, intense stress and social weirdness, I’m happy to share a bit of good news. My latest for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now available; that itself isn’t the good news, but the topic of that piece is: in How the Australian Wildfires has Impacted the Wine Industry, I talk…
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We Interrupt Our Programming for This Interruption (Book Hiatus)
As if I wasn’t behind enough on my ramblings here on 1WD (I’ve still got several Sicily updates to share with you, after all!), I’m going to put myself even further behind! Overachiever here! Here’s the skinny: it’s going to be light on the feature content here on 1WD (though I expect to keep up,…
Wine Caves are NOT the Problem
Hopefully your holiday spirits, dear readers, will be in full swing this week and thus you’ll indulge me a bit of (non-partisan) political commentary. During the most recent 2019 debate of Democratic party Presidential contenders, a rather sizeable hullabaloo was generated when, during the course of the proceedings, it was mentioned that Mayor Pete Buttigieg…
Holy Sh*tballs! (The US Wine Market’s Impending Hangover)
Long-time 1WD reader and tirelessly inquisitive wine guy Bob Henry recently asked for my thoughts on an article published by wine data maven David Morrison, titled The perilous state of the US wine industry?. Go read it; it’s important. My first thought about said article is that I love said article; it’s well-written, interesting, and…