Salon Saturday October 22

Salon Saturday is a new format for my radio show. It expands on wine topics I previously wrote about to include Music, Film, Books, Locales, and Restaurants. Separate tabs will take the reader to that portion of the blog of most interest. Comments on the new format...

Wine and a Horror Movie! An update

This is an update from last year’s blog with a few additions and more details. In the past, I’ve done Hollywood & Vine presentations covering movies about wine so now I’d like to do one on Horror Movies and Spirits. Now, right off the bat let me say no decent...

Defining Those Strange Wine Terms

While we sommeliers do try to educate wine lovers, some of the terminology we use can seem obscure or suggest something entirely different from what the term represents. The terms below are commonly used to communicate what characteristics we are perceiving in a wine....

The Wines of New Mexico 2022

The Wines of New Mexico 2022 While we did not do an on-air show we did cover topics that will be part of our new three-hour format. The first new show will air on May 7. I thought starting out with New Mexico wines would be a good way to begin. Accordingly I brought...

Languedoc-Roussillon: A Wine Region Writ Large

This blog is based on the Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired on April 2, 2022. It is also our last radio show as we are going to a new expanded format to include wine, film, music, literature, dining and fun places to explore. We do on-air tasting of one or...