Michael PinskyBorn in Baltimore, MD, he graduated with a BS in Accounting, though his true loves are History and English. Working in the family business, he took his first wine course in the mid-70's. He followed that with many trips to different parts of the wineworld. Naturally, his love of English led him to start writing wine columns and doing tastings and wine classes. In the mid-90's he started writing political satire for the local paper. Although writing only bi-monthly, his columns generated more mail than all the other columnists combined.Cancelled is a book he wrote that takes news and projects a course for it during an election year. He now lives in Sonoma and combines wine and politics in a rewarding lifestyle with his amazing partner Dianne and his wonder dog husky Bree.. Read More Read Less