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South African Wine

21 Sep 2016 Wines of Creation
12 Nov 2015 We're Just Technicians
16 Jun 2015 With Knowledge Comes Obligation
01 May 2015 South Africa Night!
06 Apr 2015 Oldest Vines
08 Mar 2015 Fires on the Cape
09 Oct 2014 Grand Vin de Glenelly
24 Jul 2014 That Perfect Wine
17 Jul 2014 Xai Xai
27 Jun 2014 A Characterful Wine
20 Jun 2014 Hellishly Good
16 May 2014 Palladius 2010
09 May 2014 Constantia 2014 Harvest Report from Buitenverwachting
01 May 2014 Stellenbosch 2014 Harvest Report from Muratie
17 Apr 2014 Springtime in a Bottle
02 Apr 2014 Flawless
20 Mar 2014 Mountain Red, Camembert Cream Cheese, and Charcuterie
06 Mar 2014 Oscar Night and Old Vines Chenin
28 Feb 2014 Helderberg Comes to Madison
30 Jan 2014 On Stealing and Sharing the Spotlight
25 Jan 2014 A South African Wine Tasting
10 Jan 2014 Wine to Make You Thirsty
03 Jan 2014 Wine Resolutions
20 Dec 2013 In Which I Pair Chocolate And Wine, Thus Negating All Existence
22 Nov 2013 The Happiest Place on Earth is wherever there is braai
15 Nov 2013 Moving Shadows
08 Nov 2013 The Steep Slopes of Klein Constantia
17 Mar 2011 Getting Swoony in Constantia
08 Mar 2011 De Toren
05 Mar 2011 Starting Off with a Bang
22 Mar 2010 A Backstage pass
07 Mar 2010 Wine Tasting, Part 2
20 Feb 2010 Just Don't Call It "Blush"
17 Feb 2010 Screw 'Sideways'
12 Feb 2010 Get Your Game Face On
30 Jan 2010 Wine Tasting, Part I
25 Jan 2010 Blaauwklippen Vineyard Photos
17 Jan 2010 Suitcases, Wine, and Goodbyes

South Africa

06 Dec 2013 Goodbye, Nelson Mandela
25 Jan 2010 Braai Times

Winemaking

11 Sep 2014 Why We Do It
21 Aug 2014 The Final Countdown
22 May 2014 Summer Arrives at Mitchell Vineyard
24 Apr 2014 Playing God
13 Dec 2013 Lessons from my first harvest in Wisconsin
31 Oct 2013 Starting Again
01 Mar 2010 Signs of Harvest-Induced Insanity
27 Jan 2010 The Grapes and Math

Wine

26 Oct 2022 Wine Folks and Drinking
14 Sep 2022 Bolgheri
11 Nov 2020 “Old Friends”
01 Oct 2020 “You are an MW student”
03 Apr 2019 I Got That Diploma I've Been Talking About For Two Years
20 Nov 2017 Fairly Solid Career Advice
21 Sep 2017 The Oregon Hail
20 Mar 2017 Silver Foxes
15 Feb 2017 Liquid Courage
16 Nov 2016 Fighting Fear
12 Oct 2016 Teaching Lessons
28 Sep 2016 Cool Crete
23 Feb 2016 Wine Magic, With a Side of Thin Mints
20 Oct 2015 Wine Like Home
13 Oct 2015 Napa Highlights
27 Feb 2015 Putting Boots To Ground
07 Feb 2015 A Decade of Dönnhoff
31 Jan 2015 The Best Things I Drank in Napa
23 Jan 2015 I Made It to Napa!
26 Dec 2014 Christmas Wines from Savoie to Niagara
21 Nov 2014 Ingredients I Can't Pronounce
11 Nov 2014 I Have an Excuse.
15 Oct 2014 Observations from TasteCamp 2014
14 Oct 2014 Photos from TasteCamp 2014
18 Sep 2014 Beautiful Bordeaux
28 Aug 2014 Cava and Comedy

To Read

13 Mar 2017 Drink This/Read This

WSET

10 Jul 2017 After the Test
29 May 2017 Finding Value in Southern Italy
22 May 2017 Burgundy in Sicily
14 May 2017 Highly Classified Information
09 May 2017 Get Psyched For Japanese Wine
04 May 2017 The Malbec Mystique
27 Apr 2017 Wines of Spain and Portugal
23 Apr 2017 Sweet Wine Throwdown
02 Apr 2017 AVAs and PDOs
28 Mar 2017 The Happiest Grape

Writing

19 Jun 2022 “Throwback to Niagara, Hybrids and Sauvignon Blanc”