Doug Frost. Photo courtesy of Echolands Winery Doug Frost has spent 30 years judging other people’s wine. Now he has to live with his own. That is a different kind of pressure for a man who holds both the Master of Wine and Master Sommelier titles, and still picks wines apart for a living. The story started long before Echolands. Frost was fifteen and had never tasted wine when someone poured him a 1968 Louis Martini Pinot Noir. […]
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