WINE IS DIVINE

Jesse Griffiths and Dai Due, being awarded the Michelin Green Star is the most recent good news I enjoyed reading. I've known Jesse Griffiths since we were both in our twenties. We worked together at Tocai. He was just starting out, was already quite talented and incredibly cerebral, like off the charts smart. Later in Austin when Anne and I were newly married we enjoyed going to his dinners when Dai Due was a supper club. The last time I was in ATX, 2015, I got to visit Dai Due in its brick & mortar state. I was really happy Jesse was onsite and got to get the tour. The food was ridiculously delicious. I walked away from that experience thinking Dai Due had out-Portlanded Portland with its sustainable, hyperlocal focus. Jesse and team totally deserve this recognition.