2009 Bluxome Street Winery Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
Moving to a new city is exciting in that it offers a variety of activities to indulge oneself and plenty of interesting people to meet along the way. However, unless you move somewhere with a pre-established social network its easy to feel a bit isolated when seeing all your friends back home posting hundreds of redundant photos on Googlebook+ from last weekend’s annual barbeque at the lake. If only they knew how hard you are trying to look happy in that photo you asked some stranger to take Read more
2009 Gimenez Riili Torrontes
The Inner Sunset (more specifically 9th and Irving) will always hold a special place in my heart because it’s the first place I called home when I moved to San Francisco over six years ago. With less annoying lap dogs than Pacific Heights and more grown up than the Marina beer pong crowd 9th and Irving is kind of in the middle of the two extremes. Read more
Persuasion ‘08 North Coast Red
Now that the Giants are the reigning world champs it seems that watching a game at AT&T Park has lost some of it’s magic. One could argue that the weight of a championship brings with it the expectation to win in spite of the actual satisfaction of winning. Maybe it’s just me, but I kind of liked it when the Giants were fighting for their life in the playoffs with nothing to lose. Overcoming adversity is inspiring to say the least and that’s why humans across the globe embrace classic underdog stories. Take for example the movie “Rudy”. Read more
