by Jo Diaz | Oct 26, 2015 | Culture, Wine
Yesterday, Govern Chris Christie was kicked off Amtrak’s “quite car.” No joke… Why? Screaming into his cell phone. According to WND: “He got on last minute yelling at his two Secret Service agents I think because of a seat mixup, sat down and...
by Jo Diaz | Feb 25, 2013 | Jo's World, Wine
A Wine Editor and a White Feather… I just read on Facebook: That moment you realize an email you sent, which declared your credentials as an editor, contains a typo. This kind of realization always brings me back to my Happy Daze, and how I learned to ease up on...
by Jo Diaz | May 4, 2012 | Jo's World, Juicy Tale, Wine
I love W. Blake Gray, of the Gray Market Report. When he read this story last year, he commented, “Hilarious, Jo. I don’t know how many if any of these things I’ve been guilty of, but I know in the future I’ll be wary of causing Pourus Interruptus.”...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 6, 2012 | Wine, Wine Country, You've Got to Be Kidding Me
[Image is from PBS.org.] This story was pulled for a bit today, because I was trying to get to the bottom of a “he said, she said,” and I now have. The owner gave me a conflicting story, and it doesn’t match with what I’ve been able to...
by Jo Diaz | May 5, 2011 | Holiday, Vineyards, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Making
Bradford Mountain You’ve never seen anything like harvest, until you’ve stood in the vineyards with a camera, brushed away the flying dust, and tried to capture the spirit of what goes on during this fast and furious time. When I was working at Belvedere...
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