Wine Rating: 96 “You can put the still water in the cabinet… there.” Kneeling tying her tennis shoe, she pointed to a white oak cupboard, next to a stainless-steel Viking refrigerator. I looked at her...
During my rebellious punk rock teenage years, I was considered by some of my friends the Ed Wood of mixed tapes. Armed with a Pioneer turntable, a Kenwood dual cassette tape deck, a Marantz receiver, and a JVC...
Now she has a small waiting list for Motley’s wine. Her wines are wonderfully priced, and they sell out quickly, so if you're into unique varietals and want to experience what the future of California...
Wine Rating: 96 Who is Scott Schultz? The name had been coming to mind, followed by one echoing question; who is this guy and why does he seem so familiar to me? It was late in the day, the sunlit room was...
Wine Rating: 90 In my experience, if you want to do something and do it well, whatever it is, you need two things. You need to love it, and you need to be obsessive about it. Some people can get away with...
Wine Rating: 95 The sun was rising as I sat comfortably in the captain’s chair on the quarterdeck of a 48’ Clipper sailboat named It’s Hedly. A beautiful, near-perfect bottle of Italian Amarone wine with rich raisin...
Wine Rating: 94 How to order wine at a restaurant can be a windy road to madness. For some, the thought might bring low-level anxiety, while for others, the journey is like an adventurous trek up Everest, without an...
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