by Jeff Cox, PCC Wine Guy Late morning in the Languedoc’s rugged hills just outside St. Chinian, the growing warmth of a late summer day chases traces of the previous...
by Jeff Cox, PCC Wine Guy Late morning in the Languedoc’s rugged hills just outside St. Chinian, the growing warmth of a late summer day chases traces of the previous...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Truckin’… I’m a goin’ home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong, Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Truckin’… I’m a goin’ home. Whoa whoa baby, back where I belong, Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back...
by Jeff Cox, Beer and Wine Merchandiser “… bitter notes of grape skin, crushed rocks, iodine and forest floor wrapped around a core of focused sweetness. Confit, pure fruit essence...
by Jeff Cox, Beer and Wine Merchandiser “… bitter notes of grape skin, crushed rocks, iodine and forest floor wrapped around a core of focused sweetness. Confit, pure fruit essence...
by Jeff Cox, Beer and Wine Merchandiser There comes a time when birthdays and brand new calendars make a person think. As more and more calendar pages find their way...
by Jeff Cox, Beer and Wine Merchandiser There comes a time when birthdays and brand new calendars make a person think. As more and more calendar pages find their way...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Lily Tomlin once wondered whether life is too short to take “**it,” or whether life is too short to mind “**it.” When you...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Lily Tomlin once wondered whether life is too short to take “**it,” or whether life is too short to mind “**it.” When you...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Circling the first roundabout leaving the airport in Montpellier, you encounter the common directional sign indicating Toutes Directions. “All directions,” literally, or “everywhere,”...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Circling the first roundabout leaving the airport in Montpellier, you encounter the common directional sign indicating Toutes Directions. “All directions,” literally, or “everywhere,”...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser (Montpellier) — “Bonjour,” she says. “Bonjour,” I reply. “Vous voulez deguster?” Yes, indeed, I do want to taste. Six days into this trip,...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser (Montpellier) — “Bonjour,” she says. “Bonjour,” I reply. “Vous voulez deguster?” Yes, indeed, I do want to taste. Six days into this trip,...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser “We don’t want market share, we want it all.” — E & J Gallo It wasn’t long ago (in geologic terms, at least)...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser “We don’t want market share, we want it all.” — E & J Gallo It wasn’t long ago (in geologic terms, at least)...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser The Holidaze are upon us. There are hoops to jump through, boxes to check, rituals to observe and retail races to run. Eat...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser The Holidaze are upon us. There are hoops to jump through, boxes to check, rituals to observe and retail races to run. Eat...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser The aromas deliver on the alluring, purple promise that fills the glass: sun-baked, deliciously rustic, with a telltale waft of smoky bacon that...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser The aromas deliver on the alluring, purple promise that fills the glass: sun-baked, deliciously rustic, with a telltale waft of smoky bacon that...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser (Chico, Calif.) — Highway 99 narrows to two lanes, a northbound gray ribbon vanishing into distant almond orchards. On either side, a sea...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser (Chico, Calif.) — Highway 99 narrows to two lanes, a northbound gray ribbon vanishing into distant almond orchards. On either side, a sea...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Back on the porch after an at-large romp, I’m rather disinclined toward any sort of expository organization. But since Dada probably isn’t going...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser Back on the porch after an at-large romp, I’m rather disinclined toward any sort of expository organization. But since Dada probably isn’t going...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser If you’re good, you’ll get candy. For most of us, lip-smacking, sugary treats were our first proof that virtue begets reward (not to...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser If you’re good, you’ll get candy. For most of us, lip-smacking, sugary treats were our first proof that virtue begets reward (not to...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser “Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may whet my mind and say something clever.” — Aristophanes, 444-380 B.C. A...
by Jeff Cox, Wine and Beer Merchandiser “Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may whet my mind and say something clever.” — Aristophanes, 444-380 B.C. A...
