Over 20 years ago, dead broke, divorced, and living in rent-controlled Santa Monica, CA I started making pilgrimages to the Santa Ynez...

In 1999 I wrote a novel titled Sideways. It would take another five years before it became the hit, award-winning film of the same title....

Since moving to the city of Napa a little over a year ago I have been a frequent visitor at the Vintners Collective in downtown Napa....

Sideways came out nearly 20 years ago.  I haven't seen Paul Giamatti, my alter ego Miles Raymond – I write autobiographically in the...