Two Sonoma County chefs take the same main ingredients, interpret them based on their own personal style, come up with completely different dishes, and then share their recipes. That’s the premise of the new cookbook Down Home: Downtown, published by Rodney Strong Vineyards. The two chefs, Jeff Mall from Zin restaurant (Down Home) and Josh Silvers of [...]
September 15, 2009
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Two winemakers have their noses buried in white Burgundy. One says: “Brett?” Other says: “Bet!” Who won, and why does it matter? Just a quick note to direct you over to PalatePress.com, the new collaborative online wine blog-o-zine, where my article on Brett in white Burgundy was just pushed live. PalatePress is an experiment in wine writing [...]
August 21, 2009
Blending. The Dark Art. I think you could go your whole life and not really master it. Which makes sense since art is like that; perfection is unattainable. During blending trials you’re always worried: Am I capturing the best of this vintage? Or am I covering up distinctiveness? Am I using enough of my juice to [...]
July 28, 2009
Part 1 of the John Zuccarino fiasco is here. Due to some events last night, I feel compelled to post the following items. First I’d like to point you toward this video. I share this for two reasons. 1. It goes to credibility. You must discern for yourself the credibility of the man who is accusing me of the [...]
July 26, 2009
Note: Part 2 of the Silver Springs Winery fiasco is here. I just recieved a note in my email from Lenn Thompson of the award winning wine blog Lenndevours. He forwarded the following email to me from John Zuccarino, co-owner of Silver Springs Winery in New York. Lenny, some sick shit is going on …a blogger came in [...]
September 15, 2009
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