by Sue Straight | Dec 5, 2017 | The Wine Life
Tom Petty is one of my favorite musicians (RIP) and his music continues to be part of my life’s soundtrack. I chose “Into The Great Wide Open” as the title for this piece, because it fits perfectly with my current phase in life. Into The Great Wide Open… A couple of...
by Sue Straight | May 31, 2017 | Rants
This particular piece has been fermenting in me for a while, but had to be expressed after I had a particularly bad millennial experience over Memorial Day Weekend. The piece may give away my age, but at 55, I don’t really give a shit about what people think of me any...
by Sue Straight | Apr 8, 2017 | The Wine Life
I am an admitted California wine and food geek and the best thing I ever ate was fois gras on brioche toast, with a perfectly poached egg on top, all swimming in a rich, creamy sauce, paired with a white Rhône wine. It was at a restaurant called “Le Jardin” in...
by Sue Straight | Mar 8, 2017 | Adventures, Tours and Trips
Last week I went on an unforgettable adventure to Square Peg Winery with my good friends, Jo and Jose Diaz. We have been friends for many years and different iterations (mostly mine – they have had their business for quite a while now) through the wine industry. They...
by Sue Straight | Dec 5, 2016 | Adventures, Tours and Trips
Are you a rabid Pinot Noir fan like me? If so, let me clue you in to Joseph Jewell Wines, if you haven’t found out about them already. My prediction is that this brand will soon to be up there in the wine-o-sphere with highly allocated, hard-to-find Pinot Noirs like...
