Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:31 -0400
Some of the best meals of my life have been from the kitchen of chef David Kinch at Manresa Restaurant in Los Gatos. I'd take half a tasting menu from him over anything at the French Laundry, any day of the week. Which is why I'm humbled [...] Read More

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:00:27 -0400
In the Silicon Valley, business incubation is quite common -- larger companies often provide financial, operations, and moral support to smaller companies that they themselves have started, or outside start-ups that they believe have a good potential for success. This practice has become so normal that some companies [...] Read More

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:57:28 -0400
It's a pretty good time to be alive. I don't find myself often wishing that I had lived in earlier times. However, there are events in the past that I would give my right arm to have been able to experience first hand. One of my top [...] Read More

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:30:00 -0400
There's news on the Wine Blogging Wednesday front. The summary for WBW #47 has been posted, and the theme for WBW #48 has been announced. First, Erin and Michelle from the blog Grape Juice did a simply stupendous roundup of all the wines tasted in Wine Blogging [...] Read More

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:08:00 -0400
I've written before on the site about Randall Grahm's efforts to take the sprawling and eclectic wine enterprise that is Bonny Doon and turn it into a much smaller and focused operation devoted to biodynamic farming and exploring the potential of far fewer grape varieties. In my tastes [...] Read More

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:40:00 -0400
I'm in the Napa Valley for a few days, visiting wineries and sampling wines and participating in the 2008 Robert Mondavi Taste3 conference at Copia. There I should hear prognostications from some of the leading lights in food and wine regarding where they think we're heading [...] Read More

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:03:24 -0400
After a day playing at Sesame Place , it was time for the adults to have some fun, so we ventured only a few mile north to visit Rose Bank Winery . A member of the Bucks County Wine Trail , the winery first opened in [...] Read More

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:25:16 -0400
We wanted to send out a note of support for the citizens of the Republic of Georgia facing a brutal invasion from Russia. This small country is considered by historians as the birthplace of wine cultivation and is home to several indigenous grapes: Rkatsiteli, Akhasheni, Kindzmarauli, Tsinandali, Teliani, and Saperavi [...] Read More

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:25:21 -0400
In the September issue of Wine & Food Magazine, Lettie Teague contributed an interesting article on vintages . The article examined vintages from different wine regions around the globe. However, at the end of the article she took a dig at many of us by writing that vintage doesn't [...] Read More

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:06:03 -0400
My second visit to a local wine store ended up with my car stopping in front of Kybecca on the Table , also in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the kind of wine store I'd like to open some day! Lots of affordable wines, a good sized artisan [...] Read More

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:02:23 -0400
My second visit to a local wine store ended up with my car stopping in front of Kybecca on the Table , also in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the kind of wine store I'd like to open some day! Lots of affordable wines, a good sized artisan [...] Read More

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:12:36 -0400
Back on the road again but not quite as fancy as my trip to D.C. This time I'm in Northern Virginia for two weeks but instead of the Grand Hyatt I'm at the not-so-grand Comfort Inn. Not terrible just not the Grand Hyatt. I was able to [...] Read More