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Monthly Archives: May 2013

All Roads Lead to Stefano.

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He and I have never met.  In fact, our schedules couldn’t support it and our only correspondence has been email, on the road, managed through our smart phones.  Sometimes however, the most simple of communiqué is all that’s needed. My business partner, Eric GUY and I run the Monday evening Twitter program #WineStudio. Along with Social Media personality Bill Eyer, the curriculum program runs 5 weeks continuously where we focus on a particular wine region, sometimes the same winemaker, usually off the beaten path, sometimes with quite the controversial wine … Read more →

Juxtapose Poses

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All I wanted was sleep. That unencumbered slumber where life is set to one side to be resumed at a later time. A super light flight—should have the row to myself. I chose my seat, sat down and waited patiently for that split-second of a moment when you know the sandman has his hand on you. “Is that seat taken?” Noooooooooooo………. Why didn’t I say yes? Instead, my mouth betrayed me and whispered “no.”  It’s as if she hadn’t seen a living soul in quite some time and she had … Read more →

Eh Oh! Where did you go?

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Angela Osborne’s Incredible (Temporary) Departure… It took Tina a few years to figure out exactly what it meant when I cry out “Eh Oh!” in my finest Cockney accent every time the subject of Angela Osborne comes around.  One day Tina burst out in a dawning of understanding, “Oh!  You’re saying her initials!” It’s my unique way of greeting one of the finest women I know.  My friendship with Angela began almost a decade ago when she came to work at the WineSellar and Brasserie where I got my start … Read more →

Science and Terroir: A Contradiction in Expectations?

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There’s an awkward dilemma in the winemaking world.  It fuels a debate between the scientific community and the traditionalists often referred to as Terroirists.  Here’s how it breaks down. A winemaker with a scientific background is most often trained via university education.  Sometimes this is at an institution with a degree specific to viticulture and enology.  But many times a student may study a similar topic such as food science or agriculture and apply it to wine making.  These programs train students via the scientific method. The scientific method is … Read more →

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