Writing Portfolio

Napa Valley Features

 

                  October 2023 Fun Times in Eden: The Winemaking Career of Ted Edwards

 

Nappa Valley Register

Napa Valley Register

 

                 December 2022 The Legacy of Jerry Luper  

                 August 2022 Kale Wines and Hospice du Rhône

                 November 2021 The Women of Oakville Ranch: Part One

                 November 2021 The Women of Oakville Ranch: Part Two

                 December 2020 Some Good News Stories from Napa Valley ’20

                 October 2020 The Behrens Family Rebuilds a Dream      

                 August 2020 Three Vintners, One Pandemic

                 June 2020 Malick Koly Is Drumming for the World   

                 April 2020 The Great Indoors: Virtual Wine Tasting at Hendry Ranch

                 February 2020 Wood, Fire and Memory: Nick Doughty’s Food & Wine art

                 December 2019 Les Collaborateurs Behind Terminim Wines

                 September 2019 Wolves, Dogs, and Coyotes: an Opus One Masterclass

                 August 2019 Pym-Rae: on top of Mount Veeder

                 August 2019 (Rutherford) Dust in the Wind

                 July 2019 Chris Carpenter Down Under At Hickinbotham

                 May 2019 Like Cooper, Like Son: Part One

                 May 2019 Like Cooper, Like Son: Part two

                 February 2019 The Double (Master) Life of Vanessa Conlin

January 2019 Big Grapes in the Big Apple

                 December 2018 A Tale of Two Napa Valley Tempranillos

                 September 2018 ZD Winery Celebrates #50

                 April 2018 Stags Leap’s Jim Regusci and the October wildfires

                 August 2017 Shining a New Light On a Stags Leap Vineyard   

August 2017 Carneros Wine, Food and… Cornhole!   

June 2017 Blanchard’s Fried Chicken: A Napa Valley Pop-Up

May 2017 Tannery Bend Beerworks: How To Do Nano-Brew

February 2017 Pilcrow: A New Winery Goes Old-School

 

Calistoga Tribune Mud City Weekender

Calistoga Tribune

 

                 April 2022 Little Old Ladies from Calistoga

                 March 2022 Vince Tofanelli Walks & Talks His Vineyard

March 2016 Corey Beck: A profile of Francis Coppola’s winemaker

November 2015 Tom Eddy: Making wine in the trees

August 2015 Rivers-Marie: A life and winemaking partnership

June 2015 Inizi Wines: An original alternative

March 2015 Solbar: Profile of a Michelin restaurant and its sommelier

December 2015 Tank Garage: A retro space for contemporary wines

August 2014 Shypoke Winery: The Heitz family’s tale of charbono

July 2014 Coquerel Wines: In Calistoga, Texas teams up with Bordeaux

May 2014 An afternoon in the vineyard at Kenefick Ranch

May 2014 Laura Michael Wines: A couple reconnected by zinfandel

April 2014 Three Palms Vineyard: Duckhorn’s legendary Calistoga wine

March 2014 Davis Estate: A historic property begins new chapter

February 2014 Premiere Napa Valley 2014: An AVA elbows for attention

February 2014 Barrett & Barrett: Bo & Heidi start family winery

October 2013 Ziata Wines: Sassy sauvignon blanc from Karen Cakebread

September 2013 Vince Tofanelli: Eyewitness to evolution of Napa Valley’s viticulture

June 2013 Jericho Canyon: The Promised Land in Calistoga

May 2013 Storybook Mountain: A zinfandel master tells his story

April 2013 Joseph Cellars: A new kid on the Calistoga block

 

 

                   North Bay Bohemian “Rhône Rendezvous” September 2023

 

 

Edible Marin & Wine Country

 

                    Edible Marin & Wine Country “A Family Legacy That Still Delivers” Spring 2021

                    Edible Marin & Wine Country “Notable Edibles” Winter 2010

 

Señor Café

                   June 2004 Enology’s Adjectival Faux Pas

                   July 2004 A Groovy Anniversary

Miscellany

        Saveur Magazine

The Albatross Grouse, 1999

Pickin’ and Grinnin’, 2004

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Sierra Heritage Magazine

Syrah in Paris, 2001

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The Jug Shop Newsletter, 2004

Alas, Poor Carignane

Unidentified Bottled Objects

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And…

Tablehopper‘s “The Wino” on Vacqueyras, 2008