Wine Tonite!

As my most favorite of Pinot Noir loving friends who read this blog — all 3 of you — you can save $80 off a ticket to attend The 10th Pinot Noir Summit if you act now.  The 10th Pinot Noir Summit will once again be held at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District on February [...]

One of the many challenges of participating in a “Grand” tasting is the basic fact that there is just too much wine. “Shut yo mouth, fool!  There is no such thing as TOO MUCH wine!” I say to myself. ( I have a bad habit of truly talking to myself and doing so in Mr. [...]

In one month I have now heard and read multiple people compare recent public wine tasting events to “frat parties” and, quite frankly, it pisses me off.  As a member of a national fraternity (Phi Kappa Tau, builders of men…) I take some offense to this loose description people apply to sloppy, drunken puke fests [...]

Pinot Noir (pee-noh nwahr), to this writer, is the most versatile grape and the source of much enjoyment and memorable experiences in recent years. The grape is fickle, delicate and the most expressive of terroir. Yes, I used that word… I think you know what I mean. So, it should come as no surprise that [...]

Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to something that has the words Pinot Noir in it.  I can’t get enough of the stuff!  Don’t let the rainy forecast deter you from immersing yourself in the elegant juice that is Russian River Valley Pinot Noir by attending Pinot on the River 2010.  When [...]