Stories about wine, food, and travel

My writing and reporting has appeared in numerous print and digital publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Tasting Table, Punch Drinks, and Unicorn Review.

Wine & Spirits Magazine • 2nd September 2026

Mixed Case: LA

A cadre of LA's finest wine retailers compete in a quest to find the city's best wine value.

Unicorn Auctions • 23rd February 2020

Working the Margins for your Next Wine Auction Buy

Looking to buy wine at auction? Here are some tips to help guide you through this sometimes confusing experience.

Sunset Magazine • 28th March 2019

After the Flow: A Post-Kilauea Adventure on Hawaii's Big Island

A family basks in the serenity restored to the Big Island following 2018’s catastrophic Kilauea eruptions.

Sunset Magazine • 7th August 2018

5 Craft Mexican-Style Lagers to Try Now

Say you’re on a SoCal beach on a fiery afternoon and find yourself craving some suds with your mahimahi tacos...

Sunset Magazine • 1st March 2018

Water World

On British Columbia’s stormy outer limits lies a verdant coastal oasis, ready to be discovered.

Wine & Spirits Magazine • 1st March 2017

The Rescue Paradox

Compared to syrah and grenache, mourvedre is the late bloomer of the American Rhône movement...

Wine & Spirits Magazine - • 1st February 2016

Brightness in Barossa

As Dennis Canute and I finish off the grilled lamb, his son, Christian—a solidly built fellow with a short beard and sly sense of humor, and the winemaker for the family’s Rusden winery—disappears and comes back with a bottle...

San Francisco Chronicle • 2nd March 2015

Winemakers surprised as 2014 vineyards thrive in severe drought

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