At the end of the meal, Barbara simply said, “Let’s drink the ÂME more often.” She’s right. We won’t be having it just on special occasions now.

One of the highlights of this past week was having dinner with Bob Travers, the man who hired me for my first Napa Valley job, Assistant Winemaker at Mayacamas Winery.

We had some good news last week, when I learned from our old friend Daniel Brunier that he was going to be in California for a few days.

We were obviously delighted a week or so ago when we heard from ‘Wine Enthusiast’ magazine that they had singled out our 2021 Sage Canyon Red for some recognition, awarding it a score of 92 POINTS.