Portland — We are all searching for our tribe whenever circumstances propel this one & only life we each & every unique one of us carry, like a hobo knapsack of our dreams & achievements & all the tastes we each have learned to love, toward new shores or unfamiliar lands. Finding one’s tribe, where we can unpack the motley collection of our soulful hobo belongings & share, is one of the m...
Portland — People often ask writers, “Where do you get your ideas?” which is always an impossible question to untangle the threads of what personal tectonic shifts happen within my spheres that cause an eruption...
Portland — I always enjoy meeting up with Matthew Rorick, the poetic brainchild behind Forlorn Hope. He and Hardy of Dirty&Rowdy came to PDX where I caught up to them at Storyteller Wines, run by the brillia...
Gaston — After a lifetime of drinking, selling and cooking for the pleasures of the table, finally I met the land of fabled vines…the first of a series of explorations. This is the first wine I drank from v...
A Walk Among Gewürztraminer Vines... Field Research for Later That Evening...
Minerve, the cliffs where vineyards grow upon rocks, silence, and ancient prayers left by long ago violence...
Grits & Gris, pirate banter, and things that were saved from "lost & found..."
Long weekend, some wine ... Paradise!
...in a meadow of vines, greeting the unexpected, the weird & the wonderful.
What happens when a New Orleans chef finds pirate wine & Szechuan food side-by-side? Joyful mischief ensues...
Literally, a flight into the Willamette wine country begins...
The dough master.
Chateau St. Croix. Beautiful in the snow.
New wine in old bottles. Pink. Sans Serif. Interesting.
In the back of his Landrover, vintner Dr Gänz took us on a tour through his vineyards and explained the intricacies of the grapes and techniques of his Nahe wines.
I'm sure she was saying something really interesting.... but all I was thinking is can I have another sip.
Undiscovered wine country is my favorite wine country.