Newsletter September 2025 Cellar door metamorphic rocks at Menina D’Uva, Trás-os-Montes Well, that summer flew by. These days, with all the fires and political unrest, the faster the better, right? Only three more mayhem seasons before we enter even more mayhem, so godspeed—I guess … But let’s not forget to take care of ourselves along the way. Read more of...[ read more ]

(Download complete pdf here) Forteresse de Berrye, Saumur The French leg of my December trip with Remy would start with cassoulet, and it would end with cassoulet. At Sonya’s Provençal farmhouse, Mas la Fabrique, where I have for decades taken refuge during my European gallivants, I began writing this newsletter mid-February as she and I started our three-day cassoulet marathon....[ read more ]