I think I’ve mentioned that I turned off my cable at the beginning of the year. At the time it was a matter of expense. Cable was expendable. Since then I’ve found that life is better without cable. Much better. I think I’ve also mentioned that I’m working with a business coach, he’s a...
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Oh my goodness! Sometimes something happens in the comment section at PBE that I can’t hardly contain myself. I’m going to quote this one. It appears here. I have read this blog on and off for the past 3 years. I used to work for a Title Co and got laid off in 2007. ...
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The thing about Pleasant Hill Wine Merchants is that they get stuff you can’t find just any where. And sometimes they bring in a winemaker or an owner. Occasionally the guy isn’t very interesting but most of the time you get the likes of Michael Keenan, Pam Starr and Billy Grant. Who? He’s one...
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It’s been a little while since I talked about wine. It just takes a little more time to talk about wine. I have to refer back to scraps of paper, sticky notes on the iPhone and handouts from the winery. All are barely legible so it’s always an adventure. Not now though, I’ve got...
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Today is a good day. Y’all get to watch me weave this post together. A little event occurred this week. It was not lost on the Wine Dog. The Burgermeister bought Chalk Hill Winery. Supposedly he plans to live in the palacial main house. I suppose the good news is to those in Whitefish,...
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Every now and again you get to meet a rock star. I got to meet one tonight at Pleasant Hill Wine Merchants. Pam Starr. Rock star. She’s got a resume that’s as long as all of our arms put together. She’s got stops at Sonoma-Cutrer, Edna Valley, Carmenet and one of my...
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We could file this one under “things that make me happy”. A couple of days ago I got a missive from someone I didn’t know simply asking me if I was going to Barkus and Mutt Lynch. Barkus? I hadn’t heard about it, probably because I read about half of my email. So I...
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It has been a long week. I’m not sure why I took a divorce listing. I guess I thought they could act right for the period of the listing. Not so much. Coupled with two and a half days out of town and the house being torn up so that the carpets could be...
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And y’all thought I was going to forget to finish my trilogy on Jordan. Nope. We’re here to talk about the wine today. Jordan doesn’t make a lot of different wines. They do a few things, very well. Of course, I love that. Their mainstays are the Cabernet Sauvignon and their Chardonnay. Occasionally they...
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I’m going to talk a little about Chef Todd Knoll today. Chef Todd is the Evil Genius of the kitchens at Jordan Winery. This guy is an über food geek. His wife told me about his quest to make his own sea salt. So they hump water from obscure places all over the world...
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