Laura Catena is hardly your average emergency room doc. The Argentine native—who came to the U.S. with her professor dad to attend high school and wound up staying to attend Harvard for... Read more >>

I wanted to share this gorgeous orchid I stashed in a used half-bottle of Jurancon, a wonderful sweet white wine from southwestern France. The wine is made from several little-known grapes: Gros... Read more >>

Woop, looks like another celeb designer has gotten in on the wine design thang. Busy Italian designer Roberto Cavalli—famous for his flamboyant, figure-hugging frocks worn by adventurous... Read more >>

Dang it, just when I thought wine was winning the booze battle hands-down, I get wind of the latest Gallup poll results, which show preferences among folks thirty to forty-nine years... Read more >>

The first time I went to Chez Panisse (to be honest, it was the Cafe at Chez Panisse, as I was a budding entrepreneur at the time and the cafe at lunch time was all I could afford), I brought a... Read more >>

It’s not the first time I’ve written about boxed wine, but it’s still a memorable occasion for me. The reason is that this marks the first time I kept right on drinking a boxed wine... Read more >>

Although it seems like the 80s since I sucked one down (probably because it was), I couldn’t help but reminisce when I took the plunge and bought Three Thieves’ Bandit Pinot Grigio not... Read more >>

My sister called me the other day more upset than I’d heard her sound in a long time. “Dude,” she said to me. “Yes?” I replied. “I’ve got viral pink... Read more >>

Wanted to share this funny video—the header that caught my eye was, “This is a wine you could go to bed with.” I recently stumbled on at Open Wine Consortium made by SF Comedy Group … Read more >>

My grandmother from Colorado—of all people—just sent me a newspaper clipping about Kobe Bryant’s Cristal binge at the recent opening of BLUSH nightclub at the Wynn in Vegas. She... Read more >>