Chief Bottle Washer: the title is no longer just a punchline. Bruce Stephens is the CEO of Wine Bottle Renew, a California startup that washes and reuses wine bottles profiled in today’s Wall Street Journal. “You take a bottle and you empty the bottle, and my God, why would that only be a one-time bottle?&# Stephens tells the Journal. MORE >>

This blog is primarily about learning, my own learning about wine and food, and how they play a part in my life. And so to this end, I've decided to share with you some things I've been learning in a field that is still entirely new to me, wine and single parenting. No laundry to go pick up, paychecks to go deposit.It's good wine pairing can help. MORE >>

Rajeev Vaidya. Very excited to read in the latest issue of Wine Spectator that Daniel Boulud, one of my favorite NY chefs, is on the cover of the September 2011 issue representing French Chefs in America. He is a very down to earth individual, always very upbeat and creative and fun to be around. manner. His passion for guest education – and guest. MORE >>

The temperature cooled down a bit tonight, but the humidity was terribly high, so when I got home from work I immediately turned on the air in the Man-Cave and decided tonight was a ginger-ale evening or at best a very cold Corona. After a few minutes catching up on today's emails, that insatiable yearning for a nice glass of wine took control. MORE >>

Ah, Iowa. Every four years, politicians haunt your county fairs, kissing babies, shaking hands and eating fried foods. This year provides the spectacle of a raft of socially conservative Republican contenders chowing down on foot-long corn dogs. Doesn’t the Bible say something about that? See Kos for complete library of corn dog and pols pics. MORE >>