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Affiliation: Wine Director, Red Bud Café in Cameron Park

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As the world turns

These six months since my last post have been turbulent. We had to close the Redbud Cafe. Call it fate, call it karma, but I believe everything happens for a reason. Perhaps we were destined to move on to...

People of your twenties, put down your beers, we've got something to talk about. I know wine can be an elusive beverage full of foreign terms and complicated labels. When people talk about wine they can speak incomprehensibly about flavors that encompass...

When I think of Pinot Noir, I think light delicate sensations. the tickle of a feather, a cool breeze, a gentle mist on a hot day. Pinot Noir in the old world of France is bright and moody. A...

Geography leaves its mark on everything. Whether you're from the East Coast or the west coast is something people around you will always recognize. It's an innate sense of place for people and a huge underlying contributor to identity. ...

Some might wonder, what's a wine director?I'm the guy who chooses the beverages available at the Redbud Café and Wine Bar, such as water, tea, soda, beer, with an emphasis on wine. I interact with vendors to choose wines and...

I love to eat. Food is a sensual experience that can inspire the imagination and nourish the soul. I was raised with a large Italian family that would all gather for enormous feasts that were host to hilarious conversations and...

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