Clinton Stark
Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear
2006 St. Francis Chardonnay, Sonoma County ($12, 89 pts.)
Just right commented most: crisp, easy drinking with enough melon, lime and slight grassiness to keep it interesting.
The next generation of netbooks: faster, cheaper, and more… uh, notebook-like
I've been following the latest announcements on the Netbook front over the past few months. The perfect storm — bad economy, demand for portability, emergence of cloud computing — has resulted in an explosive market segment. Consumers are devouring these things like mad.
The days of the $1,000+ laptop are...
Best wine blogs: Why these 5 score 90+ points
There's no shortage of opinions when it comes to the topic of wine. Here's some of our favorite wine blogs and wine web sites that you should read.
Ross Halleck of Halleck Vineyard talks about wine branding, marketing and great Pinots
What's it like to follow your winemaking dream, after a successful career in branding and marketing in Silicon Valley?
Find out in this episode of Wine Tales as Loni is joined by Ross Halleck to talk about his Sebastobol-based winery and vineyard in Sonoma County.
Pinot put him on the map,...
SJ Rep Theater Interview: Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Part 1
https://vimeo.com/4840910
Loni sits down with three of the cast members of the SJ Rep Theater production 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' to discuss acting, musicals, and, of course, spelling. Do they know their ABCs?
In this interview:
Marc De La Cruz as Chip Tolentino
Dani Marcus as Olive Ostrovsky
Clifton Guterman as...
Movie review: Bottle Shock (2008) proves wine alone does not make for great spectacle
As much as I love wine, it alone cannot carry a movie. Where Sideways succeeds, Bottle Shock fails. The difference? The former is about two guys dealing with mid-life crises with wine as a backdrop. Bottle Shock is just about wine, and it turns out to be a boring...
Weekly digest #21: Memorial Day Edition
Did you know that over 620,000 soldiers died in the Civil War? Or that in 2000, Congress established a National Moment of Remembrance, which asks Americans to pause for one minute at 3 p.m. in an act of national unity. The time was chosen because 3 p.m. "is the...
First golf club opens in La Paz, Baja California Sur
Another golf course opens. This time in La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur. I was slightly surprised to discover that this is the first course in the city. Little Loreto, several hours North, also on the Cortez side of the Baja, has several already, as most readers...
2007 Firestone Riesling, Central Coast, California (88 pts, $6.99)
Another decent Riesling, this time from Santa Barbara County, Central Coast California. Available at Trader Joe's for only $6.99, it is priced the same as my perennial favorite value Riesling from Chateau Ste. Michelle. It is drier though, which I prefer when not pairing it with food.
It has crispness...
SunPower now offers iPhone app to monitor your home’s energy information
Loni forwarded an email to me the other day about this new app available for the iPhone. It connects in to your solar system and enables you to track energy production on the fly, and on the go. I like it! Too bad I don't have an iPhone. I'm...
