In 2003 James Laube wrote in Wine Spectator that Syrah was poised to be California’s next great red that could someday rival Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2010 Eric Asimov wrote in the New York Times that Syrah was considered, in the 1990s, to be the next great hope for American red wine. If you consider planting…
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I don’t always keep up with current events, but when three friends of the store sent me the same New York Times article, I knew that it was something worth my attention (thanks Bill, Klaus, and Arild). On August 1st, Soumya Karlamangla’s article titled “Sales Are So Low, California Wineries Are Burning Their Vineyards,” was…
Sometimes you think you’ve seen enough of something. Enough vineyards, enough barrel rooms, enough wineries – I mean how many stainless steel tanks does one guy need to see? It’s easy to become jaded in any line of work, see enough breweries, wineries, and distilleries and you get the gist. It was nice, for a…
“Do any of you get sick when you’re on a boat?” This was the question our youthful captain, Petros, asked us as we were boarding their fifty foot sailboat to venture to the island of Dia. I hadn’t been on a sailboat since I was ten, so who’s to say? Here I was on my…
