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A Nickel For Your Thoughts (Or A Nickel To Save California)

The problem when you allow politicians to be continually re-elected is that sometime in their political life they run out of ideas. This is not their fault. The Chinese believe that we are born with a certain amount of breaths. So why run and use them up ...

 
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Taxes, Taxes And More Taxes

You haven’t seen a blog from me in two weeks because Nina has been sitting on them. She doesn’t like me to be political. But, I cannot sit here and not comment when I see the industry I love being threatened. I love the wine business. We are ...

 
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Recommended Reading

I love to laugh and I admire great writing. If you are a little wine geeky or love to make fun of scientists, I highly recommend you find an article in the New Yorker Magazine entitled "Mouse Au Vin" by Noah Baumbach. If you can’t find it, email me and I ...

 
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Happy New Year

"So what are you doing for Christmas and New Year's?" That is the question Craig asked me. He had a reason. Remember the daughter who is dating the Penn State Lineman? Well it seems Penn State is coming to the Rose Bowl, and so is the daughter. “No ...