Some winemakers I interview are introverted or so focused on the viticulture or oenology that they can’t reach far beyond that in polite social conversation. Well, I’m here to tell…
As a favor to Guillaume Fabre of Paso Robles’ acclaimed Clos Solene Winery, Terry and I agreed to taste his wine. You know, help a guy out. Actually, since I’ve…
You must pity Guillaume Fabre of Paso Robles’ acclaimed Clos Solene. His obvious handicaps might hamper his rise in the competitive wine industry. After all, he’s merely fluent in three…
While we were being charmed by Jordan Fiorentini of Paso Robles’ Epoch Estate Wines, she also plied us with her bottled creations. And, yes, they definitely influenced our impressions. Like…
For the Fourth of July weekend, Terry and I went to Paso Robles to visit family and to meet and taste with three of the most highly acclaimed winemakers from…
Both Robert Stack and Kevin Costner portrayed Eliot Ness, the epitome of the federal agent from the “Prohibition era.” Ness famously battled gangster Al Capone in an effort to shut…
You know how I am always exhorting you to get over to a well-organized and diverse wine-tasting to further the education of your palate, to break out of the rut…
On May 25, we celebrate National Wine Day. The quandary, what to drink in honor of it? I decided that I wanted something not esoteric, not something rare and unobtainable,…
April 11 marked my first somewhat intensive sampling of wine from the Loire Valley. You remember my last column — about the fact that I toured the Loire Valley years…
The Bordeaux region, a lovely area of southwest France, boasts annual wine production of 700 million bottles over an area of almost 300,000 acres. Bordeaux wines run the gamut of…
So, this is the third in my series of, “why would you live anywhere else?” The first featured Rideau, the historic home of a guest ranch serving weary stagecoach travelers…
Martin Gauthier, a Quebec Province native, was doing quite well in Canada in the electricity trade. But he was missing something. California was calling. Gauthier grew up loving Rhone wines,…
By Carl Kanowksy Signal Contributor George worked for Nerds Alot, a headhunting outfit that provided high-tech companies with programmers and other worker bees that kept both the websites and their…
Product-labeling plays a key role in how we make our buying choices. Some are merely catchy or present such a compelling culture that you are drawn in. Slogans like Nike’s…
John Behr and his wife, Margaret, owned an oat-processing company that, among other things, made oats for oatmeal called John’s Groats. Margaret dreamed up the catchy slogan, “John’s Groats, so…
As you’ll recall, Charles Lee, that 15-day wonder from Dynamex (the document-delivery service company), sued Dynamex, challenging that he should have been considered an employee rather than an independent contractor,…
By Carl J. Kanowsky “It’s so nice – small and intimate, only for 75 people. Really, a celebration of what the Boys & Girls Club does, which is helping kids.”…
Regardless of whether you’re going to build a 25,000-square-foot office building or complete a kitchen remodel, much of the law regarding building contractors remains the same. Yes, there are some…
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