Bonfire of the Canes

December 21 2025

Invisible Things Done in the Background

December 14 2025

Coming Soon: Winter Wines Explorations

December 07 2025

What Our Team Has To Do During the Winter

November 30 2025

The Ingredient That Elevates the Chowder

November 23 2025

Gimme a Great Big Break

November 16 2025

NYC and Ovid, NY, All in 24 Hours

November 09 2025

If At First You Don't Succeed

November 02 2025

Why Are You Doing This? Part I - Introduction

My Answer When Someone Asks the "Why" Question

May 05 2022

Balance 03: What A Winemaker Says About "Balance"

Dave Breeden, head winemaker at Sheldrake Point Vineyards talks about "balance."

March 09 2021

Wine Is Not a Very Good "Alcohol-Delivery Vehicle"

Wine belongs with food. (There are better alternatives if you just want to get drunk.)

February 16 2021

Balance 02: At or Away from Equilibrium

Do we really want to be "in balance" all the time? Might that turn out to be a little boring?

February 08 2021

Balance 01: What is It, and Is It So Simple?

When you think about it, doesn't everything need to be in "balance?"

February 01 2021

Who Holds The Pen?

When putting anything important down on paper, pay attention to who is holding the pen.

January 01 2021

Stained Glass in the Historical Society Headquarters

As in the great cathedrals in Europe, the stained glass windows create an ethereal light in the church.

December 01 2020

What it Means to Rely on Contract Workers

Years ago, they say, you could find local residents to help. That was then. This is now.

October 01 2020

A Business With No Signs Is a Sign of No Business

But we have to put them on someone else's property.

August 01 2020

We Would Always Make Friends With a Raptor

How to keep the starlings and other pests from the vineyard.

July 01 2020

Babette's Feast in Watkins Glen

At Graft, the meal can be transformative.

January 01 2020