Ten acres on Steiner Road
Vineyard 1869 on the counter at Scott Harvey Wines, Shenandoah Valley, September 5, 2026. Photo: Patrick R. Dunn. There was
Pour Story
Pour the Port Over the Ice Cream
I was ten years old in rural Maine and dessert came out of a saucepan. Dark chocolate melted down with
The Winery That Makes Friends
It was bubbles, that much I know, because bubbles are how Amista Vineyards starts every visit and there is a
Why I’ll Always Be a Storyteller
The Pour Story Society Why I’ll Always Be a Storyteller By Patrick R. Dunn The table in West Gardiner, Maine.
Everything but the Cabernet
A blindfolded tasting on a foggy deck above Windsor, led by a blind chemist, and the one wine I got right.
The Letter to Soup
A wine club member who left over an industry discount, kept buying the wine for two years, and rejoined in
The second afternoon
Oportuno, Rua do Comércio do Porto. Poças colheita 1967, Douro DOC. The first visit lasted about twenty minutes. We had
Mo’s by the River: The Place That Knows Our Names
On a Thursday evening at Mo’s, someone pulls out a bottle they’ve been saving. It’s not on any wine list.
The Ghost in the Architecture
The high-desert wind off the Comstock Lode doesn’t ask for permission. Tonight it’s rattling the original 1859 window frames of
98 pounds
98 Pounds My father was most himself outdoors. In the woods, on the water, away from walls and people, something