Wine does not taste like grapes.

Or very rarely does. I’ve had the opportunity either through work or with friends to help people develop their palate. I’m certainly no mega-taster (Robert Parker) I’ve just been able to find a way to get people to enjoy wine and get them to feel more confident in expressing what a wine is telling them. [...]

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ad hac – my underground restaurant

I’ve been wanting to do an underground restaurant kind of thing for some time. I’m finally going to make it happen, somehow. The goal is to have it once a month consisting of a different theme. I hope to put out about 7 dishes with a target price of $15 a person, or $20 for [...]

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Bandol

I just popped open a nice bottle of Domaine Tempier Bandol. I’ve never had Bandol before but after reading about it in A Hedonist in the Cellar and have been tempted ever since. I was able to find one the other day and have been itching to open it since. Chez Panisse has had one [...]

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Itinerary for wine tasting in Napa

Since working in Napa, friends have asked for recommendations. I’ve even been told that I should make a living by bringing 20 somethings out on tastings. That ‘d be the life. Start at Beringer Lunch at Taylor’s Provenance Mondavi Opus One Cosentino Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Darioush Dinner at Don Giovanni   Icons Beringer Mondavi [...]

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