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Mark

Life is to short to drink bad wine...

About Me

I try to live my life by a few short phrases... The Two Comandments, Shakespeare's "To thine own self be true", and my own little phrase "Wine is only as good as the company you share it with, so drink great wine." I am a bit of a workaholic, but I love my job!

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My Interests

Great food with great wine

I'd like to meet:

Anyone. who is honest, confident, intelectual, and loves to share a great bottle of wine with the perfect meal reguardless if it is a ten dollar Merlot with Wendy's or a 1961 Chateau Lafleur en Pomerol with rare venison, truffled mashed potatos, and a wild mushroom port sauce.
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Music:

I love almost everything really, from Russian Opera to Dead Kennedys, but especialy Elvis Costello, The Replacments, Eli, Willie Nelson, The Gipsy Kings (or anythings Flamenco for that matter),Rascal Flatts, Billy Stewart, early Peral Jam, Tool or Rage, Lylle Lovet, All things Scotish or Irish, Old Punk (DK, SOD, GBH DRI, Black Flag, Goneriha Milkshake), New Jazz, Arron Copland, Chopin, Jennifer Knapp, AC/DC and Van Halen are a must at parties, lots of Frank Zappa, hell I lived with Treadmill, Husker Du, Goerge Strait, Junior Brown, Mozart (for his operas) Bethoven (for the 9th), Carl Orf, The mighty Russian Fistfull, I love to listen to Saturday live at the Met on 90.1 and Garrison Keiler's Prarie Home Companion on Sunday afternoons, but the greatest Rock Band of all time is... The Who (Love Reign o'r Me becuse We Won't be Fooled Again)

Movies:

Not in any order Glory, Star Wars (all of them), My Beautiful Life, Saving Privite Ryan, Pink Floyd The Wall, Jackass and South Park The Movie, Backdraft, (I accually joined a volunteer fire department for four years after seeing that movie) Bravehart, Rushmore, Best in Show, The Three Amigos, X-Men 1,2,and 3. Thank God, Altman made a movie out of Prarie HOme Companion. I have never seen The Notebook and I always fall asleep durring the third Austin Powers movie.

Television:

I must watch Sienfeld, Simpsons, Family Guy, Battlestar Galactia, Rescue Me, and, oh yes Entourage. But, most of the time I am addicted to PBS. I meen whats not to love, Antiques Road Show, Frontline, Nova, History Detectives...

Books:

Since I have a huge test towards my Master Sommelier in Aug. All I have read about over the last couple of years are books about Wines, Beer, Spirits, Cordials, and Cigars, but I remember really loving Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and Cather's "Death Comes to the ArchBishop"

Heroes:

My Son Dorman, Mom and Dad, Doug Frost M.S. M.W., Abe Lincon, and Wolverine

My Blog

L Ete du Vin Grand Auction

Well, tonight we had the Grand Auction for L 'Ete Du Vin, and I think we raised over 1.3 mill to fight cancer. Marchese Leanardo Frescobaldi was the guest of honor and really donated some great wines....
Posted by Mark on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:51:00 PST

Friends Auction

I just can not believe we did it again. I always feel like I just played a three day long game of football, but in the end it is so vastly worth every moment. I loved being at every event from the tas...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dorman Gregory Johnson

Just spent a couple of days in Santa Fe with my guy. God, he reminds me why I am here and if you ever forget what life is ever about, be a parent. Perhaps I am baised, but he is the reson we all need ...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST