You might have heard in this week’s podcast that I’ll forever remember Christmas 2019, the last Christmas of a decade, as the year we lost two children to adulthood. Don’t get me wrong. This is what we are trained to do! The whole purpose of our...
Last year I wrote about being single, driving around at night near the holidays, peering into every home with the lights on and wondering what life was like at that dinner table. I dreamed that mothers were helping daughters figure out life and fathers were telling...
Breed is the term used to describe wines that achieve classical proportions. The quality is usually elusive to describe, but you’ll know it the moment you experience it. When I arrived the next morning, I walked straight to the Managing Director office. Brenda met me...
Wines with breed and fitness are those rare newborns in which all elements of structure, flavor, and complexity combined to a peak of almost indescribable perfection. The blackout shades were drawn, so I had no idea what time it was when the phone rang. I didn’t so...
Racking is a method in wine production of moving wine from one barrel to another using gravity rather than a pump, which can be disruptive to a wine. … Wines with certain flavors may receive a heavy centrifuging, which will strip them of all character, but salvage an...
