A few weeks ago, I had a meeting at the Wine Spectator offices in New York City. During my meeting, I got the grand tour, including the space where they conduct their official tastings for the magazine. It was here that I learned about their procedure for tasting the 15,000+ wines they get each year to review. It’s a rigorous process that you can read about in full HERE, but the thing that stood out to me about it was this: Buried within the flight of wines they are tasting b

You know the feeling. You find out you are going to have some time to yourself… no kids, no spouse. And your brain is instantly flooded with all of the things you are going to do, eat, drink, possibly get arrested for… This is usually my immediate reaction: It’s how I imagine it might feel to be on your deathbed, having been given a week to live, only to have the doctor come in and tell you there was a mistake and you’re actually going to be fine — like you just got YOUR WHOL