conversation

  • No Pink Grapes!?!?!

    Last year, I sat at a tasting table with a very accomplished Sommelier in an exquisitely designed restaurant and expressed my love for Mourvèdre grapes while adding that it really rounds things out in the wine.  It gives it so much fullness. To which, he curtly said ~ “No, it doesn’t.  The exact opposite, actually.”   Yikes.  That was

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  • Be Concise!

    Be Concise!

    I stayed pretty quiet when I first started my new job. I tend to be very respectful when meeting people, even though my inner core is a fiery dragon deep inside a tornado. I refuse to be controlled or limited in life. I like being in charge and have a hard time following anyone. I

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