Following the 1985 event, described by two wine writers as "the best ever", the annual barrel tasting moved to California.

He started his career as a wine writer, and has continued.

Both spend time on the road meeting with sales representatives, wine writers and customers.

Afterwards he took a break from cooking, and decided to become a wine writer.

It's even easier than it sounds, especially if you don't try to use the florid language of wine writers.

Most of what you read on the subject is the work of wine writers.

Now if only someone could figure out what to do with the wine writers.

But he was the one who spilled the wine - on the wife of a wine writer.

Who but a handful of wine writers has time to sort all that out?

Consumers are much more advanced in their taste than most of the wine writers.