Operating out of one of my favorite little towns, Hopland near Mendocino, winemaker Joseph Carr puts together approachable value wines sourced from all over California.
Author: Dwight Furrow
Wine, food, and travel writing, philosophy, aesthetics
Chefs and Econ 101
I’ve come across many stories recently about restaurants having trouble finding qualified chefs and cooks to staff their kitchens given the increasing demand for quality
Stupid Headline of the Month
What do you get when you lay off staff writers and treat your wine column as filler? Nonsense like this. Huffington Post ran this story
Adam Puchta Norton Estate Hermann Missouri 2008
Most of us on the West Coast have lived in blissful ignorance of the Norton grape. However, it has a fascinating history and is an
Farm to Table Labor
It’s Labor Day. A good day to remember, especially in the current political climate, that without immigrants our fields would look like this:
Budget Wine: Hogue Cellars Riesling Columbia Valley 2013
Riesling. So beloved by sommeliers and connoisseurs, but the U.S public just doesn’t get it. Perhaps it has to do with confusion about sweetness. Budget
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 