The subtitle of this blog is: a blog set inside the world of wine public relations—where the media, culture and I mingle. Today I want to focus on culture, specifically the American culture and the way by which it has...

It's easy to sit in our cozy wine country enclave, watch the news of potential terror attacks emanating out of Great Britain and think, well, we are safe in our little world. However, today's events could significantly impact the wine...

I love seeing this sort of thing. It's just that you don't see that much of it. I'm talking about blogs that combine wine with another topic. Off the top of my head I can think of a few...

My confession is this: I'm a perfume whore. A Cologne Nut. More than anything it is the idea that man can combine so many aromas and scents into a singular potion that has the power to simply arrest arrest our...

You get the impression that Alfonso Cevola is a member of that secret band of men who actually would trade it all in for a chance to be a member of Corleone Family. It's not that he wants to run...

How much do you tip in a restaurant? I tend to go wit a standard 20%. If the service is just south of par I give the server the benefit of the doubt and continue along with the 20%. If...

Everywhere you look in Napa County, you see what was once a farming and working-class socio-economic environment transformed into an upper-class enclave and tourist attractions, with baronial wine estates, hillside celebrity mansions, upscale shops and restaurants, luxurious inns, BBs...

My neck of the woods is generally a fairly quiet little place. Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley is off of Highway 29, the major road tht runs down the center of Sonoma Valley. Despite the tourism that is year round,...

Friends of the Amarone: Bulgari to produce wine The chairman of the Italian jewelry and fashion multinational Bulgari has become the latest VIP to try his hand at making top quality wine. In order to create a new ‘Super Tuscan’ wine, Paolo Bulgari has bought the 20-hectare Podere Nuovo vineyard ... Riccardo Cotarella to help produce a wine to rival such Tuscan greats as Sassicaia and Brunello di...

I must admit, I am fascinated by the campaign in Massachusetts that has that state deciding whether or not wine should be sold in grocery stores. Currently one must go to a liquor store to buy wine...