Whoa, Nelly! I may have just made an extraordinary, completely unscientific but completely logical discovery, and it pertains to the fact that for the past twelve-thirteen years or so, I have suffered from that dreaded vicious disease known as hay fever, or more scientifically, seasonal allergies. I suffered particularly bad allergies in St. Louis, where I spent…

1) Oregon is the best-kept secret in the United States. 2) “If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes!” is a saying commonly attributed to the following states: Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Washington, Idaho, Montana, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin,…

Tomorrow is the last day of harvest. The last day of my first harvest season. We will put all the wines that we have labored over for almost two months to barrel and to bed. How did THAT happen? Thanksgiving Day snuck up on me like a puma, leering at me through the woods of…

It’s 11:30 here; about an hour ago I woke up from a nap, completely disoriented, with no idea what day or time it was, and frantically worried that I was somehow late for work in the morning. When I regained some sense of personhood, I realized that I was not, in fact, late for work…

Oh hey, guys… So, I kind of like wine. A lot. Maybe a little more than is reasonable and/or appropriate. I’m trying to learn as much as possible about wine in as short a time as possible – to the extent that I went out and bought an MCAT book over the summer so I…

Is it a coincidence that “fall” (v) is synonymous with “diminish; tumble; crash; cascade; recede; regress; lessen”? –That “fall” (n.) is synonymous with “plummet; decline; lapse; downfall; loss; ruin; humiliation”? The last one seems especially apt. Fall has a terrible promise to it that I cannot escape, year after year. I am caught in the…

“Joy: I am burning with a passionate love. Reason: You are right to say burning. For love is a hidden fire, a pleasing wound, a sweet bitterness, a delightful disease, an agreeable torture, a charming death…” I love this guy.