Wine Tonite!

Stepping into a piece of history is always a pretty cool feeling.  The Napa Valley Opera House was built in 1880 and has served as the epicenter of the community for much of those 130 years, not to mention playing host to many talented artists.  You can learn more about this awesome venue just off [...]

There is a shift going on in the wineblogging world.  Or at least the subset that I have the attention span to pay attention to these days.  At first it was mostly about the wine, the label, the fruit-forwardness, the nutty characters and spicy finish for only $14.99 at the grocery store down the street, [...]

It has been a long and arduous journey, but chasing your passion is never easy.  With 16 days still left in the application period as of this writing, I have learned quite a lot, “met” a lot of great and interesting people and have never felt more driven to do something I really love: Work [...]

I know, this is a wine blog, but to satisfy the technology geek in me, I wanted to comment on a new tool I recently added to my site: Lijit as a recommendation from Andrea of Andy’s Goode Life.  I promise, I’ll get back to wine next time.  Lijit is basically a search tool that allows [...]

Gotta give big props out to our wine world friend, Gary Vaynerchuk.  Though I’ve been into wine for over a decade, watching his work ethic and passion, helps me and other realize that if you hustle you can do just about anything.  i.e. Applying for the Murphy-Goode opportunity (p.s. VOTE FOR ME!!!) to immerse myself [...]