TheLocalSip

04/30/2020

My thoughts this morning.

              Walking the other morning along the river, I watched the early morning light wash across the lit torch of

03/31/2020

Question to my wine friends.

Need recommendations for what you are participating online that is innovative and satisfying.

There are a million people doing something and I applaud it

Just doing what we do in real life on Zoom is useful but not necessarily helpful or interesting.

Can you pls share the links for the Webinar/tastings that you find interesting even if it is yours!

Thanks!

Andre Ribeirinho Wink Lorch Simon J Woolf Jenny Lefcourt

02/26/2020

Kinda stoked that I've committed to attending the Adegga festival in Lisbon on June 6th!

And will be taking a short vacation in Paris before, and one post with Andre Ribeirinho

Friends in either place, contact me privately and we can schedule some time to lean back and enjoy.

Best thing I did yesterday was to simply buy a ticket!

01/05/2020

Heads up!

http://arnoldwaldstein.com/2020/01/100-wine-tariffs-real-problem-can/

Thanks Christy Bleyle Frank Chambers Street Wines Nick Gorevic Jenny Lefcourt Jenny & François Selections Eben Lillie Pascaline Lepeltier Alice Feiring

I take this one personally. An individual call to combat political uncertainty and ennui, engage positively in the democratic process of making myself hear

12/31/2019

Happy New Year all!

I fell into wine in the early ‘90s living in the Bay Area. Spending countless hours in the kitchens, barns, and cellars of those early artisanal winemakers

12/26/2019

New post.

Holiday greetings from a cold and still New York

I love NY the most at its moments of surreal stillness. The sultry heat and humidity of mid-summer driving everyone indoors or to the roof tops. The freezi

09/20/2019

Searching through hundreds of posts on my blog to track my thoughts on natural wine.

This is one of the earliest from 2011

Natural winemaking…a taste revolution whose time has come

With natural wines, taste is the test. The crisp clarity, earthy freshness and subtle richness of natural wines drive a glint of satisfaction from friends whenever I uncork a bottle from some wonderfully small vineyard tucked away down a country road in Arbois in the Jura or under the clouded, verti...

09/18/2019

Cool pic of the two of you Hank Beckmeyer that popped up in my photo library.

Made me think how the natural market has changed and how much we all owe to you and others who set a lot of unwritten standards with really well made wine that pushed the boundaries for certain, fed by your imaginations.

So from me, thanks!

09/16/2019

Two wine legends at the end of the bar in the early days of Racines NY

Stephane Tissot and Camille Riviere

09/16/2019

One of my all time favorite pics.

Like an album cover!

Wink Lorch Sophie Barrett

09/16/2019

PIc of the day.

In the Duoro of course with Andre and Dirk.