The following article originally appeared on Palate Press in 2014 In this series, we take a look at three of Piedmont’s most fascinating and diverse wine reg...

The following article originally appeared on Palate Press in early 2014 In this series, we take a look at three of the most fascinating and diverse wine dist...

Biodynamic Bordeaux: the lost article I wrote this piece over a year and a half ago as commissioned by a popular online foodie publication for their newly la...

This feature first appeared in Gourmet Traveller Wine‘s April/May 2014 issue. Read it here in its full form: You’ll find them down dirt roads beneath the tin...

This article first appeared in Gourmet Traveller Wine‘s October/November 2013 issue. Read it here in its full form: As our van lugs its way up winding hills ...

This article first appeared in the January/February issue of Imbibe Magazine UK. Read it here in its uncut form: Few regions in the wine world manage to make...

When something works well the first time, repeating it isn’t an easy feat. The follow up album after a band’s massively successful first release all too ofte...

The Crush Podcast is back with a holiday special! My trusty cohost Whitney and I are talking holiday parties, cocktails, wine wish lists, and our boozy resol...

This piece was originally written for Les Caves de Pyrene’s blog Earlier this year, about a three weeks into my new life in Perth, Australia, I received an i...

This article was originally published in Imbibe Magazine. It has been reprinted it here in its original full length form It’s a daunting feeling on the final...

The second post to appear in my Down Under Series for Harpers Wine & Spirit, written in February 2013: The first thing one notices immediately after arrival ...

I’m jumping order a bit here, but this is the first post to appear on Harpers Wine & Spirit, a sort of intro for my Down Under Series, written in January 201...

The following first appeared on Harpers Wine & Spirit site: Being a new arrival in an industry, let alone a country, can be an isolating boat to be sailing i...

This piece first appeared on the website of Harpers Wine & Spirit: Alvaro Espinoza in the shadows, London In a country where the majority of wines are made i...

*This piece originally appeared in Harpers Wine & Spirit magazine Why all this buzz recently about New York wines? Simply put, because it’s the first time we...

Here it is folks. Episode 61 comin’ at ya. Whitney has just returned from a trip to New Orleans, the lucky b*tch, and she’s making everyone hungry and thirst...

So we’ve made it to 60. Heck ya. And it’s a big week for me, because not only is it The Crush’s 60th birthday, it’s also my dad’s. And my brother’s 30th. Bir...

This is an article I wrote on natural wines for the Honest Cooking iPad magazine, a consumer publication mainly for foodies. If you have an iPad you can down...

Recently I had the very good fortune to attend Rootstock Sydney, Australia’s inaugural ‘Sustainable and Artisan Wine and Food Festival’. The day was packed b...

Don’t panic. We haven’t turned The Crush Podcast into an advertisement for adult nappies (aka diapers). We’re talking about wine transport and how the way wi...