HoseMaster of Wine™

It’s been just about a year since I returned to writing HoseMaster of Wine ™ for the seventeenth time (don’t get cute, now, I’ll walk away ...

Photo from Nat Defrauds--source unknown Dear Splooge Estate, I’m a gi-normous fan of Splooge Estate, but, then, who doesn’t love Splo...

Christmas is my favorite time of year, just nudging out jury duty. And what I like most about Christmas is shopping for loved ones. That mo...

“The creature which we used to call a ‘wine writer’ has died.”—Andrew Jeffords I’d first like to say how honored I am to have been asked ...

By Jose Saramago Translated from Portuguese by Ronaldo Jose Meister When God, who, when he is roaming the Earth tasting all the importa...