Just a quick-hit update today to let you know that my latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy is live. This one, titled Chile’s Carignan Renaissance, was particularly fun for me to put together, reuniting me with some long-time contacts in Chile’s burgeoning smaller-producer scene, and allowing me to taste samples of (and wax pseudo-philosophically…
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Getting Schooled By Master the World’s Blind Tasting Kit at NVWA
Just a quick update today to let you know that my latest article for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is available – Mastering Your Wine Misconceptions with Master the World’s Blind Tasting Kit. That rather self-explanatory title somewhat belies the article’s deeper dive into my experience with the Master the World Blind Tasting Kit, developed…
Alentejo Sizzles and the Wine Biz Fizzles (Recent NVWA Articles)
Just a quick hit today to tell you about my most recent articles for the Napa Valley Wine Academy. The latest is my final report from my Alentejo media jaunt, focusing on a handful of the region’s producers who are turning Alentejo’s reputation as a hot area pumping out ripe, enormous wines a bit on…
After the Fire (Australian Wine Rebounds at NVWA)
In this time of… well, intense stress and social weirdness, I’m happy to share a bit of good news. My latest for the Napa Valley Wine Academy is now available; that itself isn’t the good news, but the topic of that piece is: in How the Australian Wildfires has Impacted the Wine Industry, I talk…