by admin | Feb 17, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
I found myself in Paris this past week, lost in the labyrinth of VinExpo. From Monday to Wednesday, I wandered the cavernous halls, tasting my way through the world—France to Italy, Georgia to California, the familiar to the esoteric. By day’s end, my palate was shot,...
by admin | Feb 10, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
I found myself in a Parisian barbershop. Another test of instinct. The doubt crept in the moment I realized I had to explain how I wanted my hair cut beyond just saying, ‘shorter.’ I hesitated. A simple act. Yet stripped of my usual tools—language,...
by admin | Feb 3, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
The belt was stiff, thick, and smelled like real leather should. Not the overly-processed, factory-tanned stuff you find in designer boutiques. This was the kind of leather that still had life in it. You could see the imperfections, the tiny scars from whatever steer...
by admin | Jan 27, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Buenos Aires, Argentina It was a week that felt like riding a pendulum. This week Trump’s inaugural speech rang out, full of sharp jabs and selective rhetoric, stinging Democrats and Republicans alike. Soon after, the stroke of a pen sent a shockwave into the annals...
by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
Dear Reader, The Surgeon General recently issued a stark advisory linking alcohol to cancer risk. The media, as expected, wasted no time distilling this into oversimplified headlines that sounded like: Wine Equals Cancer. The Surgeon General’s warning about alcohol...
by admin | Jan 13, 2025 | The Wine Explorers Letter, Wine Education
The last year has been spent zigzagging between Paris and Buenos Aires, two cities separated by more than just geography. Paris, all elegance and refinement. Buenos Aires, raw, improvised, and alive. The comparisons are inevitable, especially when you hear Buenos...
