In a lot of ways, Seattle isn't all that different from Boston: both have a nice balance between hipster and yuppie, somewhat useable public transportation (although the buses are not as reliable as...

In case this is your first visit to my blog, you may not know that I am not very good at updating.  Since I started keeping this blog, I have spent a lot of time and energy focusing on many many other...

At the end of January, I will be in NYC to take the Introductory Sommelier Course and Exam.  Two days at the Tribeca Grill.  An entire weekend of listening to lectures followed by a 70 question multiple...

The holidays can be very difficult for us industry folks.  It is very rare, for example, to find a restaurant which is closed for any of the holidays, let alone all of them.  And then, if you're lucky...

Going to try using Posterous for my food and wine musings for a while.  See how I like it.  So easy to post to, and that's Huge for me.  We shall see what happens!

I was doing my usual wine reading today ( Jancis Robinson, Beverage Business Bureau, International Wine Review, Vaynerchuk, etc), and I came across a very interesting article in Jancis Robinson's Purple...

Hey, Waiter! Just How Much Extra Do You Really Expect?will comment on later...too infuriated to be cogent.

  Alsace is a varietally driven region, where certain varieties are upheld as better, and even named on the label (unheard of in other regions) but this guy, Jean-Michel Deiss, believes that only by...

One of the things I find most annoying about myself is my growing cynicism. I often find myself annoyed by the same things that brought me joy 10 or 15 years ago. Besides making me feel far older...