I liked Mike Brunson almost immediately. When I met the Michel-Schlumberger winemaker, it was a brilliantly sunny and warm October day in Sonoma, and the Michel-Schlumberger estate was certainly living up to its reputation in terms of gorgeous places to visit in Dry Creek Valley. Mike seemed pretty down to earth for someone who was…
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Have Bottle, Will Gag (Reviewing Etching Expressions Custom Wine Gifts)
UPDATE: Etching Expressions contacted me in the Summer of 2012 to indicate that they offer a lot more wine choices now than what was chosen to fill the sample bottle sent to me when I penned this review back in 2009. From the looks of those choices (and the pretty reasonable prices at which some…
One Wino’s Inspiration (Wine Blogging Wednesday #57)
I need to go on record right now that I hate Jeff Lefevere*. Why do I hate Jeff… Well, for one, he has the best-looking wine blog in all of the blog-o-world. If his blog design were a person, it would be Warren Beatty, and it would walk around with a smile and a demure…
I’m Such a Fool For You (Reflections on Howell Mountain Cabernet)
Search for “Cornerstone Cellars Cabernet 2004” via Google, and you will quickly notice a few things: Apparently, if you post any information about Cornerstone on the web, you’re contractually obligated to use a few of the same well-produced photos of Cornerstone wine. Sort of like how any mention of Australia in textbooks is accompanied by…