About

I’m a 29-year-old writer living on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Mendocino, California. I love to travel, to photograph what I see, and to write about my experiences. I’d love to write for you or your publication, especially if you can send me somewhere beautiful I’ve never been before. I write fiction, both for young adults and for old adults.

I love wine. A great deal of my writing revolves around introducing others to the hidden gems of the Anderson Valley, Mendocino Ridges, and the rest of Mendocino County. I am the Director of Wine at the Ravens’ Restaurant, and manage a wine shop on site. I love to travel and taste around the world, and hope to visit Mendoza, Nabul, Huasco, Wachau, Côte-Rôtie, Gattinara, Alavesa, Eden Valley, and anywhere else I’m invited.

I love wine for its communion with the past, and the many forms that communion takes. Sometimes the past is less than a year ago: a specific day, in which just so much sunlight kissed the vines; just so much rain fed the roots. Sometimes it’s decades ago: a winemaker long since passed, a field since fallow. Wine is, for me, the physical expression of a story.