Lulu by the Glass

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May 2013

9 posts

When I stop to consider the fact that I am trying a wine older than even my own mother I get very emotional.

Here’s a hot tip: Moscatel poured over black sesame ice cream.

April 2013

13 posts

“Me: “You know, food trucks? They are colorful and mobile and tend to be...”

– Attempting to explain food trucks to my uncle

Young grapes in the Kronos vineyard at Corison in Napa Valley

Support my friend and co-worker, Stephen Satterfield, in this awesome wine project he helped start… Check it out!

Thanks, Raj! →

My goal this week is to get better at lifting/carrying boxes, i.e use better form to protect my back…

As a new wine director I've learned...

1. My co-workers are incredibly knowledgeable. It is both intimidating and inspiring to be surrounded by so many individuals with standing expertise and, like myself, ongoing curiousity for wine culture. 2. Wine is about inclusivity, not exclusivity. No wine, regardless of how rare or how fine, should be consumed in solitude. Wines truly reveal themselves through discourse. 3. A wine list is...

March 2013

5 posts

There comes a time in a young somm’s life when she must ask herself, ‘Can I pour this table of eight before my hand starts bleeding?’

February 2013

3 posts

Time to Get Down to Business! →

I have some big shoes (and glasses) to fill.

January 2013

1 post

December 2012

2 posts

“I just know that it’s wine and it contains alcohol and it tastes good or...”

– Dashiell Collins

“As far as I know there is nothing more comforting in this world, on land or sea,...”

November 2012

1 post

October 2012

7 posts

September 2012

8 posts

August 2012

9 posts

“Grand Cru lands are the earth’s erogenous zones, some confluence of nerve...”

– Terry Theise