VIDEO: Ask the Pinotblogger #2 – Am I Monogamous?

Funky intro and outro music by indie band Binaerpilot, Destroy the Popollution. Used with permission.

Why You Probably Suck At Social Media Marketing

I haven’t written about marketing in a long while. Know why? Nothing, and I mean nothing new is being said. But there has always been one guy who has consistently thought differently about “word of mouth marketing” in general and social media marketing in particular. His name is Jim Novo, formerly of Home Shopping Network, [...]

VIDEO: Ask the Pinotblogger #1 – Brett

My PalatePress.com article on Brett in White Burgundy. Funky intro music by indie band Binaerpilot, Destroy the Popollution. Used with permission. Caddyshack is © 1980 Orion Pictures Corporation.

Down Home: Downtown Sonoma County Cookbook

Two Sonoma County chefs take the same main ingredients, interpret them based on their own personal style, come up with completely different dishes, and then share their recipes. That’s the premise of the new cookbook Down Home: Downtown, published by Rodney Strong Vineyards. The two chefs, Jeff Mall from Zin restaurant (Down Home) and Josh [...]