Being young and clueless with wine as your career was sweet, especially in the roaring ’90s.

Many fear the big one. They think they can’t handle it.

We have added two Central Asian Shepherds, Demetrius (Demi) and Nicolai (Nico), to our menagerie.

The lumbering bovine was not afraid… and why should he be?

The year was 1975 and I was part of the “dazed and confused” generation…

Orgia is made using the traditional ramato (Italian for copper) method.

It was a mysterious enigma. It could be aloof or sublime, sexy or austere.

It lurks underground. It can be abused or nurtured but it is mostly ignored.

Le Merle, the blackbird, came to me in a dream last night. It said, “If you get out of my way, I will grow into something beautiful.”

The sheriff looked at the totaled tractor with a bit of bemusement. “Those boys must have gone on a wild ride!” he said with a good ole’ boy laugh.

It was yummy and exactly what we intended but we couldn’t call it a rosé or a blush for that matter.

I had never before been in Napa when I crossed the Golden Gate bridge and piloted the “Disco Peugeot” around the bay and into wine country.