wine publications
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Straight Up (Interviewing Stu Smith for NVWA)
My latest piece for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now live, part of their round of winemaker features. I went big for my first interview in the series, too – I called up Stu Smith, one of the brothers behind Napa’s Smith-Madrone and someone…
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What’s Old Is… Newish (Talking Furmint for Napa Valley Wine Academy)
A quick note today to let you know that my latest piece for the Napa Valley Wine Academy has been published, this time focusing on Furmint (you can check out other NVWA articles here). The once-kingly-then-humble-and-now-up-and-coming Hungarian Furmint grape variety has had a wild ride…
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Getting The Tables Turned On Me For WIN Advisor
Just a quick-hit today to let you know that I’m the latest victim subject of the “Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” series over at Wine Industry Network. In those articles, Carl Giavanti (who, I must say, has the coolest glasses in all of…
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Yeah, You Are Drinking Some F–king Merlot, Actually (Talking Merlot With IntoWine.com)
It’s been nearly fifteen years since a flippant diatribe that disparagingly mentions Merlot came from the mouth of Miles, the main protagonist in the film Sideways (based on the book of the same title by Rex Pickett). That off-hand and NSFW comment had the unfortunate…








