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Smellevision?

Here's a simple exercise that is most illuminating. Hold your nose COMPLETELY with thumb and forefinger, then take a sip of wine. Swallow the wine and continue holding your nose,...

Smellevision?

Here's a simple exercise that is most illuminating. Hold your nose COMPLETELY with thumb and forefinger, then take a sip of wine. Swallow the wine and continue holding your nose,...

"How big is a Small Fire?" and "...

Since Thursday, the Wine Road has taken me to a memorable dinner in Napa Valley to a pinot harvest in Mendocino county to our wine bar's groundbreaking in Santa Barbara...

"How big is a Small Fire?" and "...

Since Thursday, the Wine Road has taken me to a memorable dinner in Napa Valley to a pinot harvest in Mendocino county to our wine bar's groundbreaking in Santa Barbara...

"Barefoot in the Air", or "Rule-...

The old rule “White with fish, red with meat” is grounded in sound logic. It’s just that, like so many dumbed-down life lessons, no one-liner is a perfect guide in...

"Barefoot in the Air", or "Rule-...

The old rule “White with fish, red with meat” is grounded in sound logic. It’s just that, like so many dumbed-down life lessons, no one-liner is a perfect guide in...

Aroma Hooey?

If you're like me, you find the whole idea of aromatherapy just slightly more convincing than those for subliminal advertising and astrology.

Aroma Hooey?

If you're like me, you find the whole idea of aromatherapy just slightly more convincing than those for subliminal advertising and astrology.

Wine Collecting: Ya gotta know when to hold &#0...

Any wine collector with more than 25 bottles suffers from the same foibles of human psychology that plague the investor and the large wine collector alike...

Wine Collecting: Ya gotta know when to hold &#0...

Any wine collector with more than 25 bottles suffers from the same foibles of human psychology that plague the investor and the large wine collector alike...

OK, here's what ya gotta do...

Dave recouts the experience of making reservations at the French Laundry one of the nation's leading restaurants... Eventually, you will hear the dulcet tone of a live Reservationist - your...

OK, here's what ya gotta do...

Dave recouts the experience of making reservations at the French Laundry one of the nation's leading restaurants... Eventually, you will hear the dulcet tone of a live Reservationist - your...