It’s truly once-in-a-liftime that an entirely new wine region is introduced to the worldwide industry. The reason I feel even a miniscule part of such a massive wine-world accomplishment is because the ridiculous wine writer I adore of Drinking and Knowing Things fame, who helped me discover Xinomavro and drink cheaper Burgundy, is the guy*…
Always with the best of intentions on a Friday … possibly mainly because I wanted to BRAG that I got to RUN a 10-minute mile at 75% bodyweight in the alter-g treadmill!! I am making so much achilles progress, baby!! And then with the Monday … AND HERE WE ARE ON TUESDAY. Which is really…
Yesterday I was in LA. Tomorrow I’ll be in Nashville. It’s wild out here, kids, but let’s reflect on how grateful I am for this full life. Last weekend is the story of a friendship close enough that all it takes is a one-word text message. Party? Party And so we did, Saturday night after…
After all, it’s possible I singlehandedly keep some wineries in business … Last year, I ran down some wine recommendations in this post for stocking up across the nation. Today, we focus on Austin and natural wine. What is natural wine? Low intervention, often but not always organic and/or biodynamically farmed, often but not always…
Or, how great marketing wins? I made a list of packages I’m expecting this week and it’s embarrassing. I didn’t think I was shopping online much but the eight packages I’m currently waiting on certainly appear to make a liar of me. Shop Shoppin’ Away is the only category today MadRabbit (tattoo cream) – I’ve…
Say you’re ready to graduate from the hated three (hint: if you can buy it at Target, do not bring that wine in my house), but don’t know where to start, the most obvious place is your local wine shop—or restaurant, during the pandemic—where you make friends with the people that work there and they…
As a native Texan, I had some reservations about an overnight to Fredericksburg. But! I now wholly endorse the place because this was an amazing 24 hours filled with surprises. The intention was a holy-grail visit to French Connection Wines, a winery I’ve been stalking since they opened last September. The place is every bit…
Gratitude in the time of coronavirus… Wednesday night, 11pm, me to me (looking wistfully at the bathtub): a hot bath would feel great right now me to me: it’s too late to take a bath me to me: it’s coronavirus time, there are no rules! me. Grateful for my family, friends, and pup in this…
Willamette. A bed and breakfast better than any hostel. 7 friends. A minivan named the SS Meatstick. Bonfires. A BBQ barn and the greatest Italian bistro. Happy chicken tenders and dump buckets, still not beer. My 35th birthday trip was the most perfect. Worlds collided, friends came together, and amazing times were had by all.…
GOT. MY. TATTOO. Bounced from San Diego to Orange County to Sonoma, saw friends and pups and family and drank all the wine. Like, all the wine. I felt like part of a team. So much love! And now three friends are coming in from OC and Colorado, and while I love them dearly, all…