You know, I’ve been sitting here the past few weeks watching the housing market continue to go in the crapper, throwing doubt on our plans to break ground on the Winery next spring. I’ve thought a lot about our options, creative financing and the general direction of the economy. It’s all pretty dull and really [...]
May 9, 2008
In honor of Alice Fiering’s recent call to dump the whole of California’s wine production down the nearest sewer pipe, I thought it might be fitting to look back in time to a period where France didn’t have a defender as vocal and virtuous as Alice. A time when the headlines screamed disarray for the [...]
July 6, 2006
The headlines scream disarray. “Public perception of French wine quality is dealt another crushing blow in the Re-Judgment of Paris!” “Consumers furious over greedy price gouging on the part of the top Bordeaux!” “French Winemakers rioting!” “The OIV appoints a (gasp) New World-er as President!” Yet even as all seems lost for the French, a [...]
June 27, 2008
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