California Zinfandel Prime Regions

As we head into Thanksgiving week we are sampling a uniquely American grape; Zinfandel. There are several areas that excel with this grape, and many of them are in California where the grape originated on American soil. This grape like so many others arrived courtesy...

Up On the Rooftop: A Christmas Story

The pounding on the door jolted me out of a sound slumber. Between the fragile warmth of a New Mexican winter sun and the background rumble of the heater; early afternoons make me drowsy. The midday sun flooded the family room with golden light, and with my wife’s...

What Are Supermarket Wines?

Supermarket wines are poured and worlds collide was the title of a February 4 article by Eric Asimov, the highly-regarding wine writer for the New York Times. I came upon it right after I viewed an interview with Esther Mobley, the wine writer for the SF Chronicle on...

Monterey County Chardonnay

The following article is from a script for The Spirits of New Mexico radio show that aired March 2, 2019. As you can see I’ve fallen behind on turning these into blogs but for listeners of the show I try to provide all the details that we cover on the show. We also do...