We are fortunate enough to be on the radar for most of the major wine publications these days, many of whom visit once-a-year to taste with us. Wine Advocate is one of them, and Matthew Luczy visited this year during harvest. I took the time out on a chaotic day to sit with him and…
Tariffs are in the news, to say the least. So much so that, if you’re like me, you’re getting sick of it all… the ups and downs, the pivots, the animosity, the crashing stock market… it’s enough to make anyone feel as if they’ve just shotgunned a box of wine and chased it with some…
Last summer, I had the good fortune to get to spend a day with Ray Isle of Food & Wine Magazine, showing him around Split Rail Vineyard and then having dinner at my favorite local restaurant, HOME. Ray is quite possibly the nicest guy in the food & wine industry, and we immediately hit it…
Recently I had the honor of being selected by Ray Isle of Food & Wine Magazine to be one of the California representatives in a White Burgundy seminar at World of Pinot Noir. My co-panelists included representatives from Louis Latour, Albert Bichot, Louis Jadot, Evening Lands, Ramey, Talley and Alma Rosa. The wines were stellar….
As bottling of the 2024 Rosé of Pinot Noir and the 2023 Chrysanthemum and Syrah approaches, I thought this would be a good time to revisit the subject of wine closures. A year or so ago I posted here to explain my reasoning to try out screw caps on the 2022 Chardonnay, as a means…
I can’t tell you how many times over the years I’ve heard other winemakers or commercial wine buyers say “scores don’t matter”. I find it a bit disingenuous– I’ve never met a winemaker who didn’t get happy about a good score, or pissed off about a bad one. That said, a single good or bad…