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Song for Today: Three Days, Four Nights 8 Mar 2013 | 11:15 am
A lovely and haunting song perfect for this rainy afternoon, taken from the Castanets’ 2004 album ‘Cathedral’. I love this entire record, with its creepy and strange melodies, and the almost desperate...
Well this is outdated…. 20 Jul 2012 | 12:33 am
But sort of thinking of picking things back up again. Looking back at this format though, I’m not entirely sure where/what to do with it.
Italy Pics, Part 1 18 Mar 2011 | 01:44 pm
Coming in two parts, sorry people… Pics from a recent trip to Milan in northern Italy (also Genoa, coming in the next post). Like many Americans visiting Italy, I’ve often simply passed through Milan...
Do Consumers Even Like Barolo? 27 Feb 2011 | 08:06 am
Above: Which way Barolo? A signpost at an overlook in La Morra showing the distance to neighboring communes. So, do consumers even like Barolo? It’s a sad question to ask if you’re a nebbiolo obsessi...
Waiter: Bring Me the ’66 Thunderschewitz! 15 Jan 2011 | 08:42 am
Here at the Spume HQ, we’re passing some rather cold San Francisco nights revisiting, chronologically of course, Matt Groening’s awesome animated series, Futurama. While I was once a strong Simpsons f...
New Harvest: Anderson Valley on the Mind 4 Dec 2010 | 03:13 pm
(Above: Anderson Valley as seen from Handley Vineyards, spring 2005.) California’s Anderson Valley has always had a special place in my heart, ever since I first drove through on highway 128 during a...
Ribolla Gialla + Cherry Chapstick = Yo La Tengo! 2 Dec 2010 | 12:50 pm
(Always did love that Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo compilation.) There’s a growing number of California winemakers working at the margins of the current industry to produce truly distinctive wines, an...
Where to Find Me These Days… 14 Aug 2010 | 04:38 am
I’ve got a few posts in the hopper for this site, but for the next couple weeks or so you’ll find me blogging at San Francisco Natural Wine Week, a loosely organized collective tasting bacchanal happe...
Hibernation, or, Summertime 11 Aug 2010 | 07:04 am
The summer has been so cold out here in coastal California that I’ve been hibernating with all the grapes that are going to hit maybe 12.% alcohol this year. Or something like that. Driving up the co...
Two Sides to Every Tasting: Nebbiolo Prima 2010 3 Jun 2010 | 07:38 am
Nebbiolo Prima, the reconstituted annual anteprima event formerly known as the Alba Wines Exhibition, is easily one of the most engaging Italian wine tastings that I’ve attended. It’s also certainly t...
