I've noticed something about the quality of my work and the service I deliver to my clients at Wark Communications: It has gotten better over the past 6 or 7 years. I might be inclined to attribute this to more...

I don’t remember ever winning a contest, so this is something of a first for me. In May, Sydney and I opened an account at our local credit union. Apparently, we were entered into a contest. Apparently we won. So sometimes, perhaps about six months from now, we are to ...

Sometimes on weekends the vineyard has to come second to spending time with the grandchildren. It always helps to have a plan as to we’ll do because they are high energy kids. On Saturday on their farm we planted beans. First I took them to collect sheep poo from the paddock. Then mixed ...

My beautiful wife Ginny is set to leave me home with the kids (a dubious decision) tomorrow as she heads off for Burning Man for the 7th or 8th time. I've never been to Burning Man mainly because I'm not...

Finding yourself in the presence of greatness can be a near overwelming experience. I'm not talking about walking into an elevator and finding yourself hip to hip to Tom Cruise. I'm talking about experiencing the kind of transcendent greatness that...

Sydney and I went on a nice little trip over to the Columbia Gorge yesterday. Despite some problems with closed roads, we saw a few of the falls and spent a few hours in Hood River. Photos are available for your viewing pleasure.

The FERMENTATION family took a jaunt about western Sonoma County yesterday; a nice Sunday afternoon drive into the hinterland of Sonoma County. Beyond the beauty of the vast pasture land, it was the evidence of this county's bounty that really...

If you have very little to do today at 1pm PST you can can me appearing on WineBiz 2.4 on the mighty KSVY 91.3. Hosts Richard Kaz Kasmier and Erik Aho put on a great show every week at this...

I'm no expert on statesmanship. I've never been one. And though my post-graduate work was in the area of U.S. Diplomatic History that basically means I read a lot of memoirs, scanned a lot of maps, read letters between historical...

Did anyone notice that there was no post on Fermentation yesterday? (I hope so) I did. In fact, it was the first time in more than two years in which nothing was posted at Fermentation on a week day when...