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  • Pinot Noir: A Study in Elegance and Place Pinot Noir is one of the most talked-about grapes in Sonoma County, and also one of the hardest to explain well. Guests often know it as “light” or “smooth,” or they compare it immediately to Cabernet Sauvignon. Yet Pinot Noir lives in a different category altogether. It…

    pinot noir
  • What Chardonnay Teaches About Wine Chardonnay is one of the most familiar grapes in wine, especially in Sonoma County, and also one of the most polarizing. Guests often say they either love Chardonnay or hate it, usually without realizing how wide the spectrum of styles actually is. That tension is part of what makes the…

    Chardonnay
  • Book Launch: Stoic Workbook Stoic Workbook — Now Available I’m excited to share the launch of Stoic Workbook, a 30-day guided Stoic reflection journal designed to be practiced, written in, and returned to. This book grew out of personal study, daily discipline, and a desire to move philosophy out of abstraction and into lived experience.…

    Stoic Workbook Launch!!!
  • Introduction to the Wine Sales Handbook Why Wine Matters An Introduction to Wine, Sales, and Belief Wine is an incredible thing. Wine is life.Wine is culture.Wine is history.Wine is nature. Few things on earth sit at the intersection of soil, climate, time, and human intention the way wine does. Every bottle represents countless decisions—some deliberate,…

    Introduction to Wine Sales Handbook
  • Book Launch: When in Doubt, Poems on Faith Book Launch: When in Doubt I just released a small poetry book called When in Doubt. It’s a collection of poems written over a period of time where faith felt very present, very active, and very questioned all at once. A lot of these pieces came out…

    When in Doubt Poems