Why Wine

Today I watched a video of the first Art & Soul of Wine (2005), WINESPIRIT sponsored with Leslie Rudd at the RUDD Estate. I had been away from the wine world for two decades when I discovered WineSpirit co-founded by the 2 Davids – Freed and White. My first...

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...