Many of us are experiencing wines throughout the day on a regular basis.  Our productivity and health require us to begrudgingly learn how to taste rather than drink.  Yet there are moments when the rareness and quality of a particular wine are so profound, that i...

I give myself a solid B- for last year's resolutions.  I did listen to more jazz, but also lost focus amidst so many deaths in mainstream music.  And I did sell more wine from one of my favorite Burgundy producers, but not enough to salvage my working relationship ther...

Comparing a wine guy to wine is painfully cliche, but wine words are probably the best way to describe Seth Pollard:  complex, but not too serious; hedonistic, but not over the top; showing signs of age, but not ready to give up his youth; friendly, but showing layers...

In Texas, the transition from summer to fall is nearly undetectable.  Occasional breezes interrupt a steady flow of heat that typically gets us all the way to Halloween.  So, while the rest of the world makes a clean break from crisp outdoor white wines and roses to de...

I've been involved with TEXSOM from the sales side of the wine biz for the past 7 years.  Sometimes I've thought of my role there much like a well-polished cover band hired to play at a successful IT company's holiday party:  I'm an integral part of the experience, but...

Turns out I'm Old School, and really want to write the occasional thought that's longer than a Facebook post.