My interest in fine wine was sparked while working as a professional photographer in San Francisco between 1989-1993, shooting cover stories for Wine Spectator magazine and drinking Hawks Crest Cabernet.

In my twelve years in Sonoma County I worked in no less than eleven tasting rooms, which has to be a record.

In many ways, Mouthfeel is similar to the book and movie, Sideways. But, where Sideways was about fictional male outsiders looking in to the industry, Mouthfeel presents the viewpoint of a real-life woman working on the inside, looking out.

Mouthfeel has even more obscure wine talk, more vine-crazed characters, and a reasonable enough amount of sex to amuse wine enthusiasts around the world.

I now reside in Vancouver, Canada where I write about the British Columbia and California wine industry on my blog, TastingRoomConfidential.com, as well as other wine blogs and magazines.