Heartland Vintage
North of Kansas City, Missouri, the temperature swings to the high seventies. Bright cumulus clouds linger in a blue sky. In the countryside on the outskirts of Platte City rises the home of Jason…
Galician Art
“Everybody loves money and everybody runs after money. Sometimes making wine is like playing in Las Vegas. People, for the pride of having a good wine estate, can lose control…
Chile’s Creator of Worlds
"I had to be in my square meter cubicle at six in the morning and work until six in the afternoon and at the end of the day nobody cared if…
Jailhouse Wine
‘Sam’ has been a house framer for almost thirty years. He has raised two children. He is looking for work. We sit on a public bench in Corona del Mar…
Liquid from Lava
Pico is one of nine volcanic islands that form the Azores, a nifty offbeat location about a third of the distance from Europe to the US – in the Atlantic Ocean. …
Waiheke Warrior
“It gets so flippin’ hot out in that vineyard. These guys work so, so hard. I’m so proud of them. The leaf plucking and all that stuff, if you don’t…
Flavio Fenocchio – Master on the Hill Top
“We don’t have a recipe,” said Flavio Fenocchio, winemaker for the Marchesi di Barolo winery in the Italian hilltop village of Barolo. “You say, I can’t. Then you say, well,…
Vino Expressions – Welcome!
Saint Patrick's Day, 2010 - a festive day to begin a web log. After years spent traveling through various countries and interviewing more than fifty people - I am now writing a new book. This blog will highlight how…