Michael Cervin writes about wine, food, art, architecture and travel for national and regional magazines including Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Wine & Spirits, Skywest and many others. He currently writes four wine columns and is the restaurant critic for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has judged at wine competitions such as the Monterey Wine Competition, The Central Coast Wine Challange, the Santa Barbara County Fair, the El Dorado County Fair and others. In addition to his extensive articles, he has had four of his plays produced in Los Angeles and his poetry has been read on National Public Radio. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife. To see more of his work visit www.michaelcervin.com.
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All of California (including Temecula and the oft over looked Sierra Foothills), Oregon, Mexico, Germany, New Jersey, New Mexico, Idaho, and soon to be France.
The movie was filmed in my back yard, Santa Barbara. I love the fact that the film has generated so much interest in this region, and encouraged so many people to try wine.
My wish list is what I'm currently drinking. Wine evolves and changes and each vintage is something new, so, even if you acquired a case of something, it will be different in six months.
It's an expensive hobby! It's loaded with calories and I've ruined a lot of shirts, one pair of pants and have stained my couch.
A loudmouth who wears too much cologne, brags about how much a bottle costs, disregards other people's opinion and chews mint gum while drinking cabernet.
Any place they make the stuff!
My wife and most of my friends. My cats prefer beer.
Geeze, far too many to count. But what started it off for me was an Eberle Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, from Eberle Winery in Paso Robles.
Screaming Eagle, Petrus, and eventually my own wine.
Wine is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Every week I'm fortunate to have fantastic wines at a variety of price points. Recently in New York I had Orin Swift's "The Prisoner."