Two winemakers have their noses buried in white Burgundy. One says: “Brett?” Other says: “Bet!” Who won, and why does it matter? Just a quick note to direct you over to PalatePress.com, the new collaborative online wine blog-o-zine, where my article on Brett in white Burgundy was just pushed live. PalatePress is an experiment in [...]

Just a quick note that the $250 blogging scholarship award will go to Bean, the author of Wine and Beer of Washington State. The winning entry is here. Congrats to Bean and a big thank you to everyone who entered!

Note: I started this post way back in October. There are some interesting things I want to say about natural birth and natural wines, and I will, but not today. Today my wife is in labor and will be giving birth to my baby girl Charli. It’ll be a natural childbirth once again (barring an [...]

UPDATE: Lewis Perdue at Wine Industry Insight has the best article yet published on the closure. His reporting appears more accurate than mainstream newspapers. He’s a blogger by the way. Highly recommended. Usually I use this blog to express my views and opinions, but today I just have questions regarding the NVL closure. According to [...]