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Vall Llach’s journey of Idus to Priorat

by  |  20-02-2025

I often look to “Fight Club” given that it is immensely quotable, even in the context of wine despite not a glass of the grape stuff being drunk during the film: “We’re the middle children... more »

A book review of, “Wine Confident”

by  |  18-02-2025

Wine, is complicated. It's for this that every time I turn around, there seems to be another book that claims to make it easy or is for "dummies" or is an illustrated children's book for... more »

A brand new Ochoa

by  |  14-02-2025

During the various events swirling in and around Barcelona Wine Week, I was able to attend a smaller side event for the Navarran winery, Bodegas Ochoa which marked the complete overall of the brand as... more »

A “small” investment in enotourism

by  |  11-02-2025

When I was in California to visit family and work on the Napa Valley Report, one day after lunch I was driving with my aunt in downtown Petaluma. We crossed the D Street Bridge over... more »

The wines of Napa Valley 2025

by  |  06-02-2025

To taste the wines of Napa Valley is for me, a taste of fond melancholy. This is perhaps a strange comment for most people to hear, but it’s because I have a personal relationship to... more »

Domaine de la Grange des Pères 2010

by  |  04-02-2025

I was pondering the late 1990s recently and I fully admit that this is a strange moment to have in one’s mind. But, it was there that I suddenly remembered a radio contest where I... more »