Do You Want To Go To Italy?
Hey, Want To Go To France? When asks that question, I immediately had to renewed my expired passport in San Francisco, at the San Francisco Passport Agency. In order to get it renewed, I didn't even blink an eye. I was one of the first ones in and was definitely THE...
WINE: Uruguay History Began With Indigenous People
SAMPLE: As I wrote this, I was sipping Bodega Bouza's Uruguay Tannat 2020 ~ Use this link to jump to thoughts below. Montevideo A Strategic Port Like so many other places, Uruguay's history began with Indigenous people and Spanish colonization. European settlement...
Not WALL-E Unless We Allow It, Said She
This is a “How wine companies can reduce their carbon footprint when using the internet” story. It's a passion of mine to find ways to save the earth. Actually, in July of 1995, I wrote an unusual story for the time. It wasn't about "Cabs," it was about "Cats." I...
Wine Kept Its Promise. Plastic Didn’t
The State of Existence Wine Kept Its Promise. Plastic Didn't. Eight Thousand years of glass has been ignored. The bottle wine has never been betrayed. Three Rows Ahead ~ My Environmental Hero He was three rows ahead of me, seat C, reading for the entire flight. Not...
Honest Generosity Captures Hearts And Souls
I've been talking about PR now as a focus, and I'm sharing with you there is really nothing better than philanthropy. In a time when everyone not connected to the stock market, seems to be suffering. Land owners are selling of land, and letting people go. Honest...
Growth Of Any Movement Creates Amazing History
Petite Sirah's Giant Leap Began in 2002. It all started with a Petite Sirah Symposium, in 2002. Louis Foppiano, of Foppiano Vineyards, asked me to create a Petite Sirah "Symposium." He envisioned about five or six people sitting around his wine lab table, he...
Do You Really Think Wine’s 8,000 Year History Is Evaporating?
Part 1: Why ~ Do you really think wine's 8,000 year old history is evaporating? C'mon. Wine's history is long and winding, and it's had its ups and downs and back again. We're all in another segment, and we just need to continue being imaginative. I've lived long...
PR 101: Finding the Right People in Your Career
PR 101: Finding the Right People in Your Career isn't always an easy path to be on, and this is being stated after 30 years in wine, with another 10 in broadcast radio. Radio was definitely easier, although I did have some challenges, too. That was all described in...
Peter Stafford-Bow Has A New Wine Thriller Novel
Peter Stafford-Bow, a wine professional, writing thrilling wine suspense novels, has just released his new wine thriller. I hope you're not a nail biter. I gave up chewing nails long ago. I do know I wouldn't have any nails left for "The End" if I hadn't, after Black...