jack and co.

I hope we get trick-or-treaters....

night out in napa

Went out with some co-workers tonight. Started with bubbles at the lounge at Domaine Chandon. This place is pretty cool -- from 6...

breakfast for dinner

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I love the egg-based dishes and the toast and the bubbly.So I was thrilled last night when...

giddy

Our Australian sister brand is on Wine & Spirits' Top 100 list this year, so we poured at the Top 100 tasting Wednesday.It was...

the fall

Spent the morning running around. Started with a 9 a.m. tasting for some Canadian writers, who were so friendly. I had met one of...

creature comfort

First, there was the Terrible Fast Food Breakfast Sandwich, which resulted in an eight-hour stomachache. Then, there was the Surprise...

elevation, elation

You know a wine is really good when it makes your dinner taste better than it really is.Case in point: We opened a bottle of 2001...

old school

Seven years and you can barely remember east and west, up and down. So you drive around, slowly, until things begin to come back:...

god bless the crock pot

Part of the reason we eat mostly vegetables and fish is because, well, we don't really know how to cook meat.True, occasionally,...