I learned to samba in Rio one evening with friends. The evening was humid and the wine and cachaça were flowing, as the entire restaurant got up to dance…
I first heard the siren song of Zinfandel while growing up in California. Actually, it was my father whom I need to thank. He loved Zinfandel of all styles and introduced me to their subtle complexities and chameleon-like nature...
I once lost a bet and had to take three friends to lunch at Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes. It’s an exquisite village sitting on a cliff above the Med. Picasso lived and sculpted there..
I love jazz. My father was a jazz musician and he introduced me to Miles and Coltrane at an early age. My mother loved big bands and Sinatra. It seems that there was always music playing in our house…
