Words and Wild Spaces

In 2012 I tasted more pinot noir  than any other wine. Out of the nearly 700 wines I wrote down, 107 were pinot noir, and that doesn't e...

“There’s no such thing as hell, but you can make it if you try.” So says Greg Graffin, singer-songwriter of the L.A. punk band Bad Religion...

It’s a whole lot of fun to taste wines blind, especially when the wines run a range of prices. You don’t know who made the wine or what the...

I was lucky enough to try some absolutely stunning wines over the course of 2012, which I chronicled in this blog post . Writing about al...

Tender Branson is about to die. The 35-year-old protagonist (with a name only a novelist could create) is narrating his story into the bl...

I've got a new post in 20 Something Magazine about drinking well and drinking cheap during the holidays.   This Holiday Season, Drin...