THE No.2 reason we are here is because we do not have a unified voice. In wine circles, this has been debated for decades. Rather than having an international or, at least national voice that promotes wine as a part of a healthy lifestyle that brings families and communities together we all, ever so politely, step on cadavers in hopes of becoming taller. Wineries all attemp ...
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Whine World No.1
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WHINE WORLD Talk around wine country these days is all about declining sales, low visitation numbers, the overflowing lake of bulk wine and grapes and, of course, the “problem” with Millennials not following up previous generations and purchasing more and more wine. Gen “Z”, the oldest being around 28 years-old, is now in the crosshairs too as marketers a ...
Covid Induced Reflection
Sheltering in place has lead me to do quite a bit of creative writing. I have been writing to myself, to friends and family and even to those I thought were friends and family. This one is written for you.
Call of the Old Dead Chicken
The Call of The Old Dead Chicken I have been traveling a lot this year: In January - a road trip with my young one (Ben) up to Seattle to visit my oldest son (Dean) followed by another 425 miles drive to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia where I help a local winery produce phenomenal wines, back home for the Winter-Wineland event, a long flight to Hawaii to work with o ...
Wine & Surfing Part Deux
Wine and Surfing Part Deux It has been a while since I wrote something about the parallels I see between the worlds of surfing and winemaking, so here I go again. Back around 1981 I was airbrushing and glassing surfboards (painting and applying fiberglass resin) for MOOSAH on the boardwalk in Tel-Aviv. Life had a sweet simplicity to it; you had a job to do and as long as ...