Archive for October 2014

After more than 30 years of making wine, movie director Francis Ford Coppola is dissatisfied. He feels that something is missing in his highly regarded California-styled wines, “that somehow we should do better.” In a revealing interview with David Darlington for Wine and Spirits Magazine, Coppola details a journey of rediscovery, a journey that relies…

So, what happens when Louis Armstrong collides with a youthful, French Romany guitarist in the 1930s?  Gypsy Jazz (Hot Jazz) is born, and the name Django Reinhardt was forever to become synonymous with the Gypsy Jazz genre.  The genius of the late Django continues to provide inspiration to a new generation of musicians, who have…