Wineosaurus

Hey Americans, we need to step up our gin and tonic game. Today's garnish: dragonfruit. #ginytonic #eurotrip (at San Sebastain)

Thank you for the Christmas sherry and for the pro bono modeling work, Nick! #sicomono #eurotrip #xmasinpajamas (at Madrid, Spain)

Our latest via @shanebowdenart . Don't tell the others - she might be my favorite! #shanebowden #buyartnotcrap

Cracking open a favorite bottle... Because sometimes work kicks your ass, friends are too far away, and why the hell not?

Elvis and Seabass are not entertained by the #grammys

Does the Stone bar at the airport count as brewery #5? #noblebrewer #craftbeer #socalbeertour (at San Diego International Airport)

Day four, brewery four #greenflash #craftbeer #socalbeertour #noblebrewer (at Green Flash Brewing Co.)

Screw 2015 - we're gonna go out right here, drowning in carne asada (at Lolita's Taco Shop)

Trying the offerings at La Jolla Brewing Company #noblebrewer #craftbeer #socalbeertour (at La Jolla Brewing Company)

A proverbial wine xylophone (at Elizabeth Spencer Wines)

at Octane Coffee

When I'm working hard on beer, it feels like I'm hardly working #noblebrewer #bestsummerever

Today is Domaine Vaccelli's 2012 rose - a Corsican wine that reminds me why I love really strange Italian wines. It's so pale it's almost orange, with a bright citrus zest palate that complements a more floral nose. The mouthfeel is almost like licking concrete... but in a good way. Yum.

Tonight's wine is an old favorite, and a bit of an oddity: Beaumes-de-Venise rouge from Chateau Redortier. The '07 is probably just about peaking now. Awesome ripe cherries and juniper on the nose, with brambly cranberry fruit on the palate.

A day on the Ord River: rock wallaby, a couple goofy-looking freshwater crocs, peaceful egrets, jacanas, the dam at Lake Argyle, Durack Homestead