Cooking
This post isn't about food. Or wine. It is about my wife and the launch of her website for her business, Melissa Nicole Design. Check it out; she's very talented and has done some really neat stuff. Coming soon: Holy Smoke! The Inauguration of our Smoker
- Croatian Wine Country Travels
My friend Frank sent out a link to his business's new blog, which chronicles the travels of Blue Danube's web designer and his friend through the wine country in the Balkans. Blue Danube is an importer, wholesaler, and retailer, so I imagine the...
- Wtn: 2005 Lodi Viognier, Old Duffers Winery
Photo by Melissa Schneider. I almost forgot about this round of Wine Blogging Wednesday, the Internet-wide tasting group. Happily, Melissa and I drank a Viognier the other night that falls into Wine For Newbies' theme of uncommon whites. Sadly,...
- Every Industry's Got 'em
So I'm at the Wine Appreciation Guild's press tasting for the Wine Literary Award, and someone nearby opens a bottle of Champagne. Loudly. This is Bad Form, if you don't know. The wine writer to my right thinks he's being clever when he...
- Happy Anniversary, Melissa
Two years ago today I married Melissa. We stood in Berkeley's Brazilian Room on a rainy day, and committed to a life together. Afterwards, we sat down to a fantastic meal and then left to eat and drink in France and Italy for two weeks. It was an...
- Holy Smoke! A Love Affair Begins...
I call it the Battle Droid. Roughly four feet tall, cylindrical, all black, and sitting on a tripod of steel legs, it looks like an ominous effect from a science-fiction movie. A pulsing red light would make it perfect. But I am willing to be content...
Cooking
An Obsession with my Wife
This post isn't about food. Or wine. It is about my wife and the launch of her website for her business, Melissa Nicole Design. Check it out; she's very talented and has done some really neat stuff. Coming soon: Holy Smoke! The Inauguration of our Smoker
- Croatian Wine Country Travels
My friend Frank sent out a link to his business's new blog, which chronicles the travels of Blue Danube's web designer and his friend through the wine country in the Balkans. Blue Danube is an importer, wholesaler, and retailer, so I imagine the...
- Wtn: 2005 Lodi Viognier, Old Duffers Winery
Photo by Melissa Schneider. I almost forgot about this round of Wine Blogging Wednesday, the Internet-wide tasting group. Happily, Melissa and I drank a Viognier the other night that falls into Wine For Newbies' theme of uncommon whites. Sadly,...
- Every Industry's Got 'em
So I'm at the Wine Appreciation Guild's press tasting for the Wine Literary Award, and someone nearby opens a bottle of Champagne. Loudly. This is Bad Form, if you don't know. The wine writer to my right thinks he's being clever when he...
- Happy Anniversary, Melissa
Two years ago today I married Melissa. We stood in Berkeley's Brazilian Room on a rainy day, and committed to a life together. Afterwards, we sat down to a fantastic meal and then left to eat and drink in France and Italy for two weeks. It was an...
- Holy Smoke! A Love Affair Begins...
I call it the Battle Droid. Roughly four feet tall, cylindrical, all black, and sitting on a tripod of steel legs, it looks like an ominous effect from a science-fiction movie. A pulsing red light would make it perfect. But I am willing to be content...