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- May 2020 (3)
- April 2020 (1)
- March 2020 (5)
- February 2020 (9)
- 29: Leeward Community College
- 27: A Dinner with Reynvaan Wines
- 26: My Friend–Nunzio Alioto M.S.
- 23: Why do you do Wine Speak?
- 21: Wine Speak 2020–a recap
- 17: Wine Speak 2020–Day 1 & 2–vineyard tours
- 09: A Quartet of Other German White Wines
- 09: A VINO Dinner–“Red Wine & Seafood” 02-02-2020
- 01: A Quartet of Pinot Blanc
- January 2020 (7)
- 24: A Quartet of Austrian Grüner Veltliner
- 11: An Interview with Emmanuel Kemiji MS
- 11: An Interview with Jordan Fiorentini (winemaker of Epoch wines)
- 11: An Excerpt from the Tablas Creek blog of Jason Haas
- 06: An Interview with Madeline Triffon MS for Wine Speak 2020
- 05: An Interview with Nunzio Alioto MS
- 01: A Wine Speak Interview with Randy Caparoso
- December 2019 (7)
- 30: An Interview with Bruce Neyers (Wine Speak 2020 blog)
- 28: A Wine Speak Interview with Amanda Wittstrom Higgins
- 27: A Quartet of Wonderfully perfumed, uplifting Malvasia based white wines
- 26: A Quartet of VERY Unique California Pinot Noirs
- 18: A Quartet of Interesting PINK Wines 09-05-19
- 18: “Rosé Wine & Food” 09-15-19
- 14: Greek Wine & VINO Food
- November 2019 (9)
- 29: Atalier by Raúl Pérez Albariño “a Cruz das Ánimas”
- 28: Alto Piemonte–final notes
- 24: Alto Piemonte–Day 4 Gattinara
- 23: Alto Piemonte Day 3 Ghemme
- 20: Alto Piemonte–Day 2 Fara & Boca
- 17: Alto Piemonte–the introduction
- 15: Alto Piemonte–Day 1 Bramaterra
- 10: Our Recent Trip to Italy–Part 2 Dolceacqua
- 09: Our Recent Trip to Italy–Part 1 Punta Crena–Varigotti
- October 2019 (4)
- September 2019 (9)
- 27: Gang of Four Revisited
- 13: A Quick Jaunt to the Santa Maria Valley 08-29-19
- 13: A Quick Jaunt Down to Jonata/The Hilt 08-29-19
- 10: SOMM Camp–Paso Robles (by The SOMM Journal) Part 4, Day Four –The Finale
- 10: SOMM Camp–Paso Robles (by The SOMM Journal) Part 3–Day Three
- 10: SOMM Camp–Paso Robles (by The SOMM Journal) Part 2–Day Two
- 10: SOMM Camp–Paso Robles (by The SOMM Journal) Part 1, Day One–The Beginning
- 06: Duroc Pork Tomahawk 09-05-19
- 05: A Quartet from Loire Valley, France
- August 2019 (5)
- July 2019 (4)
- June 2019 (5)
- May 2019 (3)
- April 2019 (5)
- March 2019 (6)
- February 2019 (4)
- January 2019 (4)
- December 2018 (10)
- 25: An Epic Tasting with 3 of the “Gang of Four” (Hawaii Food & Wine Festival 2018)
- 17: Creating the Featured Lunch for Wine Speak 2019
- 14: A Tasting of Four Corsican Rosé Wines @ VINO.
- 10: A Carignan Tasting at SommCon (San Diego)
- 09: Sardinian Wine–Part 4–Cagliari
- 08: Sardinian Wine–Part 3–Mamoiada
- 04: Sardinian Wines–Part 2–Deperu Holler just outside Alghero
- 04: Sardinian Wines–Part 1–Vigne Rada in Alghero
- 03: Corsican Wines–Part 6–Bonifacio
- 02: Corsican Wines–Part 5–Figari
- November 2018 (6)
- September 2018 (6)
- August 2018 (3)
- July 2018 (7)
- June 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (4)
- April 2018 (2)
- March 2018 (4)
- February 2018 (11)
- 21: Lighter in Body?
- 15: a must try wine store in Athens, Greece
- 14: an afternoon with 2 long time wine friends 02-11-18
- 07: Wine Speak–Page Six “Night Time Events”
- 05: Wine Speak–Page Seven “Thank You”
- 05: Wine Speak Page 5 “Hospitality”
- 05: Wine Speak–Page 4 “Day Two”
- 05: Wine Speak–Page 3 “Day One”
- 05: Wine Speak–Page 2 “The Place”
- 05: Wine Speak–Page 1 “The Mission”
- 03: 6 Santa Barbara-n Chardonnays
- January 2018 (4)
- December 2017 (7)
- November 2017 (6)
- October 2017 (1)
- September 2017 (5)
- August 2017 (4)
- July 2017 (10)
- 31: 2015 Nichon Semillon
- 27: PINK Wines from around the Mediterranean
- 22: Wine on the rocks?
- 12: Young Sommelier Tasting Rose/White Wines Part 2 07-02-17
- 12: Young Sommelier Tasting Red Wines Part 1 07-02-17
- 06: Syrah Part 4–Washington–from my point of view
- 06: Syrah Part 3–California–from my point of view
- 06: Syrah Part 2–Australia–from my point of view
- 06: Syrah Part 1–France–from my point of view
- 03: Gramercy Cellars Dinner at Sansei Seattle 01-26-17
- June 2017 (4)
- May 2017 (5)
- April 2017 (4)
- March 2017 (1)
- February 2017 (2)
- January 2017 (2)
- December 2016 (3)
- November 2016 (4)
- October 2016 (1)
- 10: Marisa Cuomo
- September 2016 (3)
- August 2016 (4)
- July 2016 (5)
- June 2016 (7)
- 26: A Tasting for “Young Sommeliers” Part One–White Wines 06-11-16
- 20: A Tasting for “Young Sommeliers” Part Three–German Wines 06-11-16
- 20: A Tasting for “Young Sommeliers” Part Two–Red Wines 06-11-16
- 17: Oldies But Goodies 05-10-16 (Rustic Reds)
- 10: Oldies But Goodies 05-08-16 (Rustic Reds)
- 05: A Special Dinner @ VINO
- 04: “True Artisan Bubblies” 06-02-16 @ VINO
- May 2016 (5)
- April 2016 (2)
- March 2016 (5)
- February 2016 (8)
- 29: A Wine & Food Workshop in VINO Part 2 02-28-16
- 29: A Wine & Food Workshop in VINO Part 1 02-28-16
- 14: A Tasting for Young Sommeliers –Part One
- 14: A Tasting for Young Sommeliers –Part Two
- 08: Food & Wine In Montana @ The Resort of Paws Up
- 07: Pinot Noir Tasting for the “Young Sommeliers” Part Three
- 07: Pinot Noir Tasting for the “Young Sommeliers” Part Two
- 07: Pinot Noir Tasting for the “Young Sommeliers” Part One
- January 2016 (4)
- December 2015 (1)
- November 2015 (6)
- October 2015 (1)
- September 2015 (4)
- August 2015 (2)
- 22: Unico
- 01: Look what I found!
- July 2015 (3)
- June 2015 (1)
- May 2015 (3)
- April 2015 (9)
- 27: Mourvedre from Southern France
- 26: 2007 Californian Pinot Noir–8 years later
- 25: Loire Valley–Part 2 (Red wines)
- 22: Loire Valley–Part 1 (Sauvignon Blanc)
- 21: A Couple of Interesting Wines from Neyers
- 18: The Sommelier
- 15: Food (more Asian in style) & Wine Ideas
- 05: Some Thoughts on Syrah & Reduction
- 01: “A Night with Mark Tarlov” @ Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar
- March 2015 (4)
- February 2015 (6)
- January 2015 (7)
- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (1)
- October 2014 (3)
- September 2014 (9)
- 29: A Taste of Corsican Wines
- 25: Rustic Red Wines from California 09-11-14
- 16: New Releases from Costa de Oro
- 12: A Trio of Old World Syrah 09-11-14
- 11: Interview with Mark Tarlov (Chapter 24) 09-10-14
- 07: Pink Wines 09-06-14
- 05: A BYOB Tasting of “Bien Nacido Vineyard” Wines
- 03: New Releases 8-30-14
- 02: Rustic Reds 08-20-14
- August 2014 (6)
- July 2014 (2)
- June 2014 (2)
- May 2014 (3)
- April 2014 (8)
- March 2014 (4)
- 20: A Pinot Noir Tasting
- 14: Food & Wine 03-12-14
- 08: Food & Wine 03-07-14
- 02: Anderson Valley
- February 2014 (7)
- January 2014 (8)
- 31: New Age Kaiseki @ Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas 01-28-14
- 27: Newly Arrived Red Wines 01-14-14
- 20: Something to Read from Winophilia 01-19-14
- 19: Newly arrived White Wines 01-12-14
- 14: NEW ARRIVALS 01-11-14
- 11: Interesting White Wines
- 05: Something interesting to read from Winophilia 01-04-14
- 04: Blind Tasting anyone?
- December 2013 (8)
- November 2013 (5)
- October 2013 (1)
- September 2013 (10)
- 24: A Quick Jaunt to the Napa Valley–Part 3
- 23: A Quick Jaunt to the Napa Valley–Part 2
- 22: A Quick Jaunt to the Napa Valley–Part 1
- 17: A Blurb From Bruce Neyers 09-15-13
- 14: Final Thoughts on Paso Robles 08-27-13
- 13: Aromatic Grape Varieties–“an excerpt from the Star Advertiser”
- 13: Sparkling Wine Tasting 09-12-13
- 13: Paso Robles 08-26 & 27-2013
- 13: Saxum 08-27-13
- 12: Linne Calodo 08-26-13
- August 2013 (1)
- July 2013 (6)
- June 2013 (9)
- 29: something interesting to read 06-28-13
- 28: Dinner with Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta
- 25: BYOB @ DK Steakhouse 06-22-13 (Cabernet Sauvignon)
- 21: A New Oregon Pinot Noir Project
- 20: NEW White Wine Releases from the Mediterranean Basin
- 13: Something interesting to read from Steve Heimoff
- 04: Winophilia–something interesting to read on Rose
- 04: Winophilia–something interesting to read
- 01: A Duo of Italians
- May 2013 (6)
- April 2013 (3)
- March 2013 (12)
- 30: Fred Scherrer & His Wines 03-29-13 (0)
- 30: Forman Wines 03-30-13 (0)
- 30: Fritz Haag 03-30-13
- 29: a blurb from Winophilia…..03-28-13
- 29: Light, Delicious Red Wines 03-28-13
- 24: A Different perspective on Red Burgundy
- 23: Older Chiantis from Felsina Berardenga 03-22-13
- 19: New Releases 03-18-13
- 13: Old Friends 03-10-13
- 10: Roasted Dungeness Crab & Wine 03-10-13
- 08: An Article from Winophilia 03-07-13
- 02: An Article from Midweek Magazine 02-28-13
- February 2013 (10)
- 28: 2 Terrific 1997 Tuscan Standouts 02-27-13
- 26: Braised Lamb Shank & Wine 02-25-13
- 24: It’s always good to see some long time friends
- 20: An Article from Winophilia on Pairing wine with cassoulet 02-19-13
- 17: 2 Burgundy Producers to watch out for 02-16-13
- 14: Octopus & Wine 02-10-13
- 14: Chateau Gombaude-Guillot 02-13-13
- 09: Braised Chicken & Wine 02-08-13
- 08: 2 Sicilian Red Wine Discoveries 02-01-13
- 03: Fontodi Chianti Classico 01-25-13
- January 2013 (7)
- 29: a DUO of Durell Vineyard Chardonnays 01-18-13
- 28: 2010 Witching Stick Rosato 01-14-13
- 13: Mediterranean-esque White Wines 01-10-13
- 13: Birbet 01-11-13
- 11: Standout Rustic French Red Wines 01-10-13
- 05: A Winetasting with James Ontiveros of Alta Maria/Native9/Autonom 01-04-13
- 01: An article from Winophilia 12-31-12
- December 2012 (6)
- 29: Older wines 12-28-12
- 25: Older Wines
- 21: 2003 Brunello di Montalcino
- 20: Older Wines
- 14: An article from Winophilia
- 14: New Pinot Noir faces
- November 2012 (11)
- 30: Older Californian Wines
- 29: Zinfandel
- 29: Older Red Wines
- 29: Older White Wines
- 25: Some interesting vineyards in California
- 22: 3 CF white wines from Germany
- 17: An Article from Winophilia
- 12: Carol Shelton
- 04: an article from winophilia
- 04: an article from winophilia
- 01: Beer Tasting with Grant Curlow & Erin Suzuki
- October 2012 (8)
- September 2012 (6)
- August 2012 (18)
- 31: 2009 Rustic Reds from France
- 29: A tasting of Older wines
- 29: Apparent sweetness & Bottle age
- 26: Older Rustic Red Wines
- 23: 2009 Clape Cornas
- 22: Harvesting grapes on Cote Rotie
- 19: 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild
- 19: Something interesting to read from Winophilia
- 19: Domaine Comtesse Bernard de Chérisey.
- 18: 1995 Chateau Monbousquet
- 17: More Grower Champagnes
- 17: Ornellaia
- 09: 1990 Gentaz Dervieux Cote Rotie
- 08: An Article from Midweek Magazine
- 07: 1993 Noel Verset Cornas
- 04: 1994 Domaine Tempier Bandol “Cabassaou”
- 04: A Tasting of 2004 Tuscan Red Wines
- 02: Beaujolais
- July 2012 (89)
- 28: Where the Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean
- 28: Josef Leitz’s vineyards in Rudesheim
- 23: an interesting article from Winophilia
- 23: Harens Old Tree Estate Kona Coffee
- 23: Clos Ste Magdeleine Cassis
- 22: 2008 Pinot Noirs
- 22: 1995 Aldo Conterno Barolo
- 22: A Duo of 1976 German Riesling
- 22: Older Dom Perignon
- 22: Some Older Pinot Noirs
- 22: Understanding Wine 301
- 22: Understanding Wine 201
- 22: Understanding Wine 101
- 21: Knez wines
- 20: A cross section of Maxime Magnon’s vineyard down in Corbieres
- 19: A new Rose worth seeking out
- 19: Sandhi Wines
- 15: The newest CF Wine release
- 15: Morning Dew Ranch Pinot Noir (0)
- 14: German wines (0)
- 14: Tasting wines in Paso Robles (0)
- 14: One of Movia’s vineyards in Slovenia (0)
- 14: Last Night’s Champagne tasting @ VINO (0)
- 12: Pink wines (0)
- 12: NEW ARRIVALS (0)
- 12: Sparkling wines–staff training at DK Steakhouse (0)
- 10: The fractured silaceous soils of the Epoch Estate vineyard (0)
- 10: A Cornas hillside (Reynard to the left) (0)
- 10: Schloss Lieser Niederberg Helden vineyard in the Mosel River region of Germany (0)
- 10: Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg in the Nahe region of Germany (0)
- 10: Saxum’s Bone Rock (Paso Robles) (0)
- 10: Premier Cru Genellottes vineyard in Meursault (0)
- 10: Romanee Conti (0)
- 10: the Peay estate vineyard (Sonoma Coast) (0)
- 10: Stolpman Vineyard in Ballard Canyon (Santa Barbara) (0)
- 10: La Crau vineyard (Chateauneuf-du-Pape) (0)
- 10: Hirsch Vineyard (the true Sonoma Coast) (0)
- 10: Hochheimer Stielweg vineyard (Rheingau, Germany) (0)
- 10: Port vineyards (0)
- 10: Il Novillero Vineyard (southern Sonoma) (0)
- 10: James Berry vineyard down in Paso Robles (0)
- 10: On Top of Bien Nacido vineyard looking down (0)
- 10: Papera Vineyard (Zinfandel) (0)
- 10: Malvira’s vineyard in Roero….Piemonte, Italy (0)
- 10: La Viarte’s vineyard in the Colli Orientale….Friuli, (0)
- 10: Hermitage Hill (Rhone Valley, France) (0)
- 10: Helderberg Mountain in Stellenbosch, South Africa (0)
- 10: Graacher Domprobst (Mosel River, Germany) (0)
- 10: Forman’s estate Cabernet planting (Napa Valley) (0)
- 10: Evening Land’s Santa Barbara vineyard (0)
- 10: Domaine Tempier’s vineyard around their house (Provence, France) (0)
- 10: Denner vineyard (Paso Robles) (0)
- 10: Cornas (Rhone Valley, France) (0)
- 10: How steep are the vineyards of Germany? (0)
- 10: Fossiled whale bone in Paso Robles (0)
- 10: Clos Ste Magdeleine’s estate vineyard in Cassis (Provence, France) (0)
- 10: Clos Ste Magdeleine’s vineyard in Cassis…limestone (0)
- 10: Cavallotto’s Bricco Boschis vineyard in Barolo (0)
- 10: Albino Rocca’s Brich Ronchi vineyard in Barbaresco (0)
- 10: Cantina Terlan (Alto Adige, Italy) (0)
- 10: Chablis Grand Cru (0)
- 10: Birichino’s 100 year old Grenache vine (Monterey) (0)
- 10: 100 year old Petite Sirah vine in Frediani vineyard (Napa Valley across a small road from Araujo’s Eislese Vineyard) (0)
- 10: left side is Chassagne Montrachet village AOC…….the right side is Montrachet Grand Cru (0)
- 10: Daniel Brunier (Domaine Vieux Telegraphe) (0)
- 10: A Trio of superstars–Chef Roy Yamaguchi, winemaker Greg Brewer & sommelier Rajat Parr (0)
- 10: A note from Bruce Neyers on winemaking (0)
- 10: Winemaker Jason Drew & Burt Williams (founding winemaker of Williams & Selyem) (0)
- 10: Rene Rostaing (Cote Rotie) (0)
- 10: Olivier Clape (Cornas) (0)
- 10: Zilliken’s wine cellar (0)
- 10: “gang of four” (from left to right–Jean Foillard, Jean Thevenet, Guy Breton, Marcel Lapierre & Jean Jacques Robert & (Charly Thevenet in the front) (0)
- 10: Napa Valley icon Bill Smith (WH Smith & formerly La Jota) (0)
- 10: Italian winemaking icon–Vittorio Fiore (0)
- 10: Musigny (Burgundy, France) (0)
- 10: Didier Barral (radical, “new age” winemaker from Faugeres, France) (0)
- 10: Patrick Jasmin (Cote Rotie) (0)
- 10: Clos Vougeot (Burgundy, France) (0)
- 10: Hermitage has several different kinds of soils (0)
- 10: Spanish “vinyes velles” (old vines) (0)
- 10: Spanish wine vats (0)
- 10: Chambolle Musigny (Burgundy, France) (0)
- 10: Lunch @ Domaine Tempier (0)
- 10: Superstar winemaker Helmut Donnhoff (Nahe, Germany) (0)
- 10: How does one harvest grapes up on the steep Cote Rotie hillside? (0)
- 10: Beaujolais (0)
- 09: A different way of rating wines (0)
- 04: Stephen Tanzer’s Winophilia (0)
- 04: an article from starchefs.com (0)
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