Once Upon a Time – Inglenook

I’m so glad to see Inglenook back in the news thanks to Coppola. Why? Years ago when I first started photographing wine through the microscope, when Inglenook made great wine and still ‘lived’ in their original buildings, their PR director hired me...

Here’s to Jess Jackson

I never knew the man in person.  I did know his wines and when I traveled throughout the US I was always glad to see them on the menu.  They were dependable.  I could count on them to be good. I was saddened to hear of his passing. And I always remember the portrait I...

Shaping Taste

All my words and pictures about the art and shapes in wine may strike you as odd. However there is some scientific grounding in the idea of the shape of molecules.  They have a complementarity meaning they must fit another molecule in order to exert their effects.  In...