Throwback Thursday: The Four Seasons Wine List, Vintage 1976

My grandmother kept everything. Old photographs, seldom used kitchen utensils, the instruction manuals and warranty information for every appliance she ever owned - she did not get rid of anything. It feels wrong to characterize it as hoarding because it was so organized, but that's what it was. After she passed away, my father took … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: The Four Seasons Wine List, Vintage 1976

Throwback Thursday: My Most Impactful Bordeaux from 2019

I tasted through a lot of Bordeaux in 2019. Not a disproportionately high amount, but Bordeaux has been on a fairly unprecedented run of quality vintages dating back to 2014, so there are a lot of great wines both currently available and coming soon to market (many retailers have 2017 and 2018 Bordeaux futures campaigns … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: My Most Impactful Bordeaux from 2019

Throwback Thursday: Spanish Wines at Mi Luna, February 2017

The lineup, which included Emilio Moro, Marques de Caceres, Granbazan and Bodegas RiojanasAlberto Moro (with the incomparable Clint Cobb in the background)Back in my day, we used to take all of our notes by hand My phone has been not-so-subtly telling me over the past month that it’s on its last legs, so I started … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Spanish Wines at Mi Luna, February 2017