For dinner on my first night in Napa, good friends Brian and Lori Nuss, Didier Loustau and Susan Quinn took me to dinner at the newly opened Napa Valley Bistro located in downtown Napa just east of Main Street at 975 Clinton Street. The Napa Valley Bistro was opened in May of this year by […]
Going Back to Napa Valley…It’s a Sacrifice

When you live in Elkhart, Indiana, and make wine in Napa Valley, periodically you need to go to Napa. Tough luck, you say? It’s a sacrifice, but it is part of wine making. My latest Napa trip was from Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26. I like to leave on the weekend (usually Sunday […]
Angéle, blending wine, Brian Nuss, Coles Chop House, Didier Loustau, Eric Kent Wines, French Blue, Glenwood Cellars, Napa Valley, Napa Valley Bistro, Norman Rose, Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant, San Francisco, travel, VinoceTime to Make the Wine

I don’t believe I woke up one morning and said, “Geez, I think I will make wine in Napa Valley.” The making of my own wines wasn’t an instant inspiration. My desire to make wine came over time; from enjoying a particular taste of wine and the challenge to see if I could make a […]
Brian Nuss, Sean Larkin, winemaking