Event Planner, Wine Writer, Podcast Host, Video Host. WSET 3, MA in Intl. Communications

I organize wine trade events across the US for wine regions. I also co-host monthly virtual events with boutique California wineries.

Freelance wine and travel writer. Contributor to California Wine Advisor, WineTraveler.com, Somm Journal, & more. Blog at PleaseThePalate.com.

US Host of the Wine Soundtrack Podcast.

Wine videos on Crush On This.

Founder of www.festivalofundiscoveredgrapes.com

I'm currently planting and building a #foodforest garden in the 🇨🇦 #pnw. I like to cook and eat locally grown and foraged food.

I work in my local #craftbeer industry.

I am interested in the places where food, #history, culture, and #gardening intersect.

Anti-capitalist temporarily stuck within the confines of capitalism.

Eat like a peasant.

#foraging #cidermaking #fermentation #permaculture​

Wine Reviewer at Robert Parker Wine Advocate from 2006 to June 2023, responsible primarily for Portugal, Greece, the USA off of the West Coast (esp. NY, VA), plus others in E. Europe, Middle East.

Recovered trial lawyer. Interested in lots of things besides wine and law. Like travel, photos, film and SF.

The header photo is looking to Porto, Portugal from Gaia.

Fediverse sharing is here. You can search for and follow my Threads account from Mastodon.

I love cooking for my family and trying out new recipes. I'm in love with the Old West, weird tales, ghosts, witches and monsters. Author of A Gentleman in Hell - a novel about the life of Doc Holliday

I am retired and #gardening in #Zone4b in #Minnesota. However it was Dakota territory. I am interested in #Vegetarian cooking and #Fermentation. My interests include pollinators and native plantings, #Pollinators, #Nature, #Wildlife, #EcologicalCollapse, #ClimateChange, #Biodiversity, #Sustainability, #Rewilding, #Hummus, #Fungi, and #Mushrooms. He/him.