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Areté, it’s a state of mind with deep roots in Greek mythology. It has a meaning of fulfilling one’s potential...

    Today marks Earth Day, an annual event demonstrating support for environmental protection.  Earth Day started in 1970 when...

          Time to catch up on a shipment of special occasion samples. I chose the list...

    As Dallas finally broke it’s 47 days of over 100 temperatures (which sadly is not a record), it’s...

          Do you guys hear the sound of progress?  It’s me having published three samples columns...

          Close to six years ago, I wrote about Craig Camp, a well-known visionary, wine professional...

          The march on tackling samples continues and today I’m focused on wines that stood out...

        The holidays are often expected to be joyful. After the death of loved ones, you find...

          The perfect wine for pizza.  A phrase often used, but in reality a lot of...

      It’s sample time and I never knew what a challenge these would be in the time of...

      Last Friday, the San Francisco Wine School gathered some of the top black Winemakers/Winery Owners, paired with...

Best Samples for 2020   Today’s sample column evaluates 69 of the 128 wines that I’ve tasted over the past...

  In April, I was supposed to be attending my third annual Wine Writers’ Educational Tour, a media “deep dive”...

      Anna Maria, Dick and Luisa Ponzi and me       At the Wine Writers’ Educational Tours,...