August 22, 2012
It was a standing room only crowd for Maureen Downey’s CWE, DWS presentation titled: Growing Older: Not All Wines are Created Equal at the Society… Read more
August 9, 2012
Wine Fraud – NOT a Wine Auction Problem In the past months, the issue of wine fraud in the fine and rare wine industry has… Read more
May 2012 – Owner and founder of Chai Consulting, Maureen Downey has teamed up with WineSearcher.com to write a monthly column on the inner-workings of… Read more
February 21, 2012
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December 20, 2011
Earlier this year I attended ‘Camp Schramsberg’ in Napa Valley. The following is my personal recount of the experience. As we are in the midst… Read more
December 9, 2011
After posting in the Jancis Robinson forum about buying wine at auction the Jancis Robinson team turned it into an article. Click here to read… Read more
November 15, 2011
I love Pinots for quaffing and light hors d’oeuvre noshing and I love the rich, full flavors of many Spanish wines for Thanksgiving dinner. With so… Read more
November 3, 2011
by Al Buchanan & Maureen Downey Purple pagers Al Buchanan of Chicago (left) and Maureen Downey of San Francisco met at a wonderful 1961 dinner… Read more