A fair restaurant corkage fee is:
$10-$20 depending on food quality.
A tell-tale sign of a wine snob is:
Brand names only, no adventure in the cart.
The wine region I most want to visit:
Australia and New Zealand.
My "wish list" of wines I want to acquire soon:
Some of the classics:
Petrus
Cheyval Blanc
Screaming Eagle
and of course and other "big boy," red or white
My biggest wine pet peeve:
Someone not willing to branch out and try something new. There is so many great wines in the world, change it up.
My dream wine to one day taste or own:
Screaming Eagle. Any vintage.
The best wines I have ever tasted:
Too many to remember. I will update.
The people with whom I most often enjoy wine:
The last wine I had that I absolutely loved:
Graham Beck Brut. South Africa.
What I think of the movie Sideways:
Entertaining and absolutely killed Merlot.
My thoughts on the 100 point rating scale made famous by Robert Parker and emulated by seemingly everyone:
Don't trust the ratings. Trust your palate.
My wine travels have taken me to the following wine regions:
Missouri
Cava country in Spain
