Shadows from the Starlight: Visiting Colorado Wine Country

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

R.H. Drexel/01 Feb 2017

As I get older – I’ll be 52 years old in a couple of days – I really enjoy challenging my ingrained consumerist tendencies by getting out of my comfort zone, pushing myself to try new things. It’s hard to suspend preconceived notions about what one is supposed to like, but doing so sure makes life fun and, at least for me, more exciting.

I started working in the California wine industry when I was 21 years old,