I am excited to formally introduce the project that has been more than a decade in the making: Subterranean Mixtape. This has been a journey not only of discovery and great emotional depth but tenacity. The more than 1,000 pages of my writing that I pulled together that spans more than two decades was culled […]
Poetry has been a part of my life most of the way. While working on Subterranean Mixtape, I exhumed some of my earliest poems, and it has been a trip looking back at them. Here is one poem that I wrote in seventh grade: See Me As I Am Paint me red, Paint me blue, […]
Perhaps no other writer captured my imagination as much as Hermann Hesse did in my early twenties. Both my parents admired Hesse, and it was perhaps my rebellious spirit that caused me to eschew his work for so long. But reading Narcissus and Goldman got me quite interested in his work, and soon after I […]
Often a large part of the DNA of a writer is affected by the inputs and influences. Perhaps the most pronounced is the other writers that one has read. My journey through fiction began at a young age and continues … It can be argued that every book and, therefore every writer one has ever […]
There are many people who are looking to try the best wine that money can buy. There are others who want to try every wine in a particular region and dozens of other pursuits that drive oenophiles. What I find most exciting is searching for the best bargain wines. I like to find wines that […]
Working on Inside the Chinese Wine Industry has been quite the journey of discovery. Not only did it compel me to learn more about China, but also wine and the global wine industry. The writing of the book itself turned out to be one of the greatest challenges I have faced, and I like to […]
What Does the Future of the Wine Trade Look Like? Trump remains optimistic about the future of US-Chinese relations and says that there are only a few things missing that would lead to the kind of deal that would end the trade war. In the past couple of weeks, he said, “China wants to make […]
In the third part of this four-part series, we will focus on how the trade war affects the US wine industry in the short term and then begin to explore what the future holds for the industry if the trade war continues. Trump’s Personal Connection Donald Trump is no stranger to the wine industry. Since […]
How Trump’s Trade War Affects the Chinese Wine Industry The 11th Annual Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair was held from November 8th-11th. Many parties interested in the future of Chinese wine gathered at the fair to discuss the industry. There were 1,075 exhibits with representatives from 33 countries. However, much of the buzz […]
Part 1: Introduction to the Trade War President Trump’s unorthodox geopolitical strategy has been vastly transforming how people live and do business in the world. There are numerous industries where Trump has already left his fingerprint, and the wine industry is an important one and provides an interesting prism through which to view the trade […]
