Category Archives: Travel

A Guest Post by Pascal, a Young Frenchman living in South Carolina who loves and lives Wine.

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Poor Robert

Pascal who grew up with his hands in the soil of Frances great wine regions wrote this as a post to a wine group I frequent and I asked permission to reprint it to my Poor Robert’s. I am posting … Continue reading →

Posted in Pascal, Travel, Wine, Wine Tasting, Words, Writing | Tagged Aromas, fermentation process, Flavors, France, Wine, Words | 3 Comments

What Old Wino’s Do In Retirement

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Poor Robert

When I made the decision to retire it wasn’t easy. After all I’d been doing lawyers stuff for forty-three years and as you can imagine, it pretty much defined me professionally. What would I do with all my time? Would … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft Furniture, Food and Wine, Life Balance, Travel, Whimsy, Wine Barrells, Words, Writing | Tagged Stools, Whimsy, Wine Furnitures, Words, Writing | 9 Comments

Craft Wines in a Production Wine Industry

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Poor Robert

As I wander the wine aisles of the supermarkets here in Missoula, I note a huge difference in variety and labels on the shelves. I pulled a few off the shelves the other day and read some of the back … Continue reading →

Posted in Craft Wines, Hodgpodge, Naked Wines, Production Wine, Travel, Uncategorized, Varietals, Wine Buying, Wine Tasting, Winemaking, Wines, Words | Tagged California, experience, fermentation process, grapes, grapes into wine, the modern world, Varitals, vintage wine, Wine, wine industry, Wine Varieties, Wines | 4 Comments

Virgile’s Vineyard, A Year in Languedoc Wine Country — A Review.

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Poor Robert

Last year when I hooked up with Naked Wines, one of the first wines I tasted came from Virgile Joly, a Merlot produced and the Languedoc Region of France. It was a marvelous fun wine, as the winemaker intended, for … Continue reading →