I’ve become a bit forgetful lately, though I refuse to believe it could have anything to do with wine. Toward the end of May, I forgot to bring food for two […]

There’s no need for pride to play into the equation — I’ve had the great fortune to try some truly wonderful wines in my short life. Earlier today, I shared a […]

Sonja and I had finished our errands and were debating where to go to get lunch. I advocated for two different places that both host a free wine tasting on […]

There’s something slightly nostalgic about drinking white zinfandel, the “mistake” of a wine that today is produced en masse and imbibed the nation over by wine drinkers and non-wine drinkers […]

A short list of people that I have a man crush on: Brad Pitt (for his triceps in the movie Troy) Billy Joel (for “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and “Piano […]

Kansas City is one of my favorite cities in the world, and Country Club Plaza is one of my favorite parts of KC. On a busy street corner in the […]

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Mike Duffy’s wines; I recently reviewed his 2012 Cabernet, a fantastic wine that I think competes among the best of that vintage. […]

A friend texted last night while I was meeting with an editor. Something about having a great rose’ he wanted to share. I replied that as long as he didn’t […]

After a long, casual dinner with close friends, we began to ponder dessert.I always prefer to drink mine, so as others requested a “candy bar” and rhubarb tart, I ordered […]

The Turley flight had been scheduled at Corkscrew for a good month now, and I had marked my calendar the moment I had seen it. “Turley (tuhr-lee) noun: Makers of […]