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Trick or Treat. It’s Time to Liberate the Unknown…

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As Halloween approaches and our thoughts turn to parties, pumpkins, fun little treats and the libations to serve at table, we implore you to resist bottles that sport names like Vampire, Bitch and Naughty. Although perfectly reasonable liquid to pour, might we suggest a few others, which are just as good, add a bit of mystery and are sure to ingratiate you with your party guests more so than that exotic dancer costume you plan to don. Some of the funkiest foods we’ve cooked and some of the most esoteric … 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 →

Murmurations of the Everyday

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The wines we’ve chosen to highlight this week from Andrew Jones as well as the graphic design team of Proof Wine Collective lead us to a seamless segway into a particular something that’s been on our minds lately: art. We’ll be showing NY Muralist Ray Ferrer at a private location in San Diego on Friday 3 May. This is Ray’s first appearance on the coast and we are delighted to commemorate the occasion with this exhibition. I had been doing some major research on the contemporary art world and I … Read more →

A Peacock’s Tail of Similarities within the Differences

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What if our religion was each other, If our practice was our life, if prayer our words? What if the temple was the Earth, if forests were our church, if holy waters—the rivers, lakes, and oceans. What if meditation was our relationships, if the teacher was life, if wisdom was self-knowledge, if love was the center of our being. ~Ganga White The Pinot Noir grape has been called many names:  “finicky”, “changeable”, “heartbreaker”, “cantankerous”.  It is truly a grape that is an expression of its surroundings. Regardless of where it’s … Read more →

Charles Smith: One – Two – Three

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Charles Smith: One We were introduced to Charles Smith three years ago.  Tina and I were managing a wine shop in San Diego.  I was in Sonoma on a junket of the Russian River Valley and Tina had the con.  It was her first time running the show and Charles Smith was scheduled for a wine tasting.  It was to be an evening Tina would not soon forget. Charles makes an impression.  You can’t miss the crazy Sideshow Bob hair and his imposing frame.  Charles knows how to make an … Read more →

Lenné Knows

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I attended a wine bloggers conference in Portland, Oregon earlier this year.  I was quite eager to go since GUY and I had written a proposal for the Virginia wine industry and our main selling point was the fact that Oregon went from fringe wine to the #3 wine producer in under 30 years.  Although I had researched the subject, I had never visited Oregon, but of course I’ve tasted many wines from all over the state. For this trip, however, I was seeking a more philosophical approach; I reached … Read more →

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