Auburn Road Après-Ski
Winter is coming. Better yet, it is the Winter of 2020 that’s coming. Just say that out loud. Like most ordinary winters, it is already getting dark early. It’s starting...
I Hate Mylar Balloons
I do hate mylar balloons. Not in general, just at our winery. We go to ridiculous lengths to make our Enoteca and the Courtyard look beautiful and elegant and stylish....
I think I’ll Watch Porn Instead….
September 29, 2020 Tonight the presidential debates start and, therefore, so does the home stretch of the 2020 election season. Jules is an intelligent, insightful, passionate person and she brings...
Stay Gold, Pony Boy
I’m not an animal lover. I’m not an animal hater either. I’m more of an animal tolerator. Jules loves animals. And I love Jules. Which is the main reason I...
Mother Earth wants us gone – like now
There is a new age theory from the 1970s called the Gaia Principle. The basic idea is that the earth is a living organism that will adapt as it needs...
My Cousin Lorenzo
Spoke to my cousin Lorenzo yesterday. He lives in a little seashore town on the Adriatic called Senigallia. It has been a resort town since Roman times and still is...
Rosalita Goes To The Stone Pony
When all else fails in naming a new wine, the Auburn Road Stupid Name Department, of which I am Chair, seems to fall back on all things musical. The very...
“Everything Matters.” What does that even mean?
“Everything Matters.” This has been our motto here at Auburn Road almost from day one. It started innocently enough. Our very first t-shirt was created to celebrate the release of...
The Argument Against Yoga – Without My Impurities, I Would Cease to Exist
Jules and I do yoga together almost every day. It’s funny, for two people who live and work together, we see remarkably little of each other. And that, of course,...