Oct 31, 2023
To sit with Emilia is like sitting with the Queen...but somehow even queen sounds almost diminutive for her role. Makes her sound like she is sitting on a throne handing out directives. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When you visit Napa, you cannot help but be struck by the magnanimous structures and opulent...
Oct 26, 2023
Port wine is really quite fascinating. It is like history in a bottle. And wine really is about history. This concept all comes together when listening to Rupert Symington of Grahams Port house.
The Symington family has not only seen the best and the worst of being involved with such an important side of the wine...
Oct 24, 2023
The world of Tuscan wine is more complicated than it might seem. From a fiasco (straw bottle) of Chianti to the most coveted Brunello Di Montecino's, you can find a diverse and sophisticated genre of wines.
As with most of the world wide wine scene, each family comes to the proverbial wine table with their own story as...
Oct 20, 2023
What you will learn about the wines of Tuscany and Piemonte will only be out down by what you will learn about the wine life. Raising 3 children while becoming a million miler in the air, Cristina Mariani-May keeps it all together.
I caught up with her in Irvine in the middle of her whirlwind tour of the West Coast...
Oct 17, 2023
Between the two of them, it took 21 years to earn their Master Sommelier status; obviously, no easy task. Lest we forget, while studying for this accolade, one has to earn a living. They met while working at the 2017 Best Restaurant in the World, 11 Madison and it was off to the races between them to carve out a niche...