Wine—like most things in life—is better with somebody else. In order to grow your wine learning, you need to grow your wine tribe. The key ingredient: someone even more obsessed with wine learning than you. I was fortunate to have so many people who helped me along the way. Today, I call on another mountain metaphor: skiing […]
Author: Brian McCann
Learn About Grapes From Carole Meredith: A Revolutionary Scientist
Happy Friday, When it comes to wine learning, most of us feel like Ruth from Ozark. The sooner you can admit this to yourself, the better off you’ll be. Because the wine world is far too big to ever feel like you know it entirely. I talked a little about this weeks ago when explaining […]
Variety Show
Happy Friday, I’d like to begin today’s newsletter with some dialogue from Season 7, Episode 11 of Seinfeld, entitled The Rye. SUSAN: How do you like the Merlot? ESTELLE: Merlot? I never heard of it. Did they just invent it? MRS. ROSS: Oh, mother. GEORGE: She’s, uh, she’s heard of Merlot. If you’re reading […]
Free (Possibly Even Cute) Wine Journal
TGIF! I don’t often use that phrase, but what a week! COVID ripped through our house, but thankfully Grandma arrived on Wednesday night to help restore a bit of normalcy to our lives. We’re on the mend and people are feeling better. While all of this put a severe dent in my wine writing, I […]
The Three Elements of Wine Learning
Happy Friday, I’d like to share with you a big concept with you. Below, you’ll find what I call the three elements of wine (working title). I stumbled upon this notion as a way to categorize wine learning while organizing the first draft of my book. It gave my primordial goop some structure, and I […]
4 Wine Learning Classes: An Overview
Good Morning and Happy Friday! People often ask me: What’s the best wine education course out there? The short answer is: it’s complicated. There’s lots of choices, and there’s certainly not a one-size-fits-all course for wine learning. If you’ve been on this newsletter for a while, you know that I’m a big believer in following your […]