Fast Facts
-Good food and wine are as essential for a balanced life as good friends are
-As places go, nothing beats California (not even worth an argument)
-Life’s too short to settle for mediocrity (es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas - Emiliano Zapata)
-Bob Dylan; Miles Davis; Stones and Beatles (in that order); Keith Jarret...Beck...Fatboy Slim...Maria Callas (this is a dynamic and growing list as more young artists come out of the woodwork: a recent addition would be 'J Roddy Walston and the Business' - old school!
-Giuseppe Quintarelli (then a big gap), Nicolas Jolie, Angelo Gaja, Elio Altare, Rudi and F.X. Pichler
-Australia...neh, most of the wines are as funny as the accents (yes I know that's not the way to make friends in the southern hemisphere)
-2010 was tough, but all the hard work paid off (wait 2-3 years...); 2011: even tougher, but more exceptional quality
-Rudolf Steiner (hard to read but worth it); James Lovelock (easier to read...); Jean Gionno (for the romantics...)
-Chris Hammil, Ben Merz, Ruben Solorzano, Jeff Newton, Larry Finkle - Couldn't do it without these guys and they're fun to work with!
-Favorite dead guys: John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan (when he goes), Steve McQueen, Alexander McQueen, Marco Simoncelli, Stevie Ray Vaughn ...and alas, now also the great Giuseppe Quintarelli
-Favorite 'alive guys' (and gals) (aside from family and close friends): definitely the Dos Equis Man - also: Fatboy Slim, Valentino Rossi, Paolo Conte ...more to come
-Rain: Great thing, once you’ve brought your whole crop in healthy...
-Ham: Absolutely - any type, anytime, and in large quantities
-Motorcycles: Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul - but alas, as much fun as it is, riding the damn things on public roads is asking for it, and as I just received my second warning in the form of another broken leg, riding will be limited to the track from here on...(and no, the helicopter ride is not worth it!)
-And bicycles can be pretty fun too
-Computers: will cause us all to atrophy before long (these are the machines we were warned about) - and 'Siri' will go down as one of the key causes for the increase in illiteracy in the US
-Chicago or Tennessee - who cares, the Blues is the Blues (but if you have to go there, probably Chicago)
-All the label art is 'home made' - the inspiration for the ever-changing names and labels comes from music cover art and random 'snippets' of information that have been coming my way (I hope they continue)
-Sanguis is NOT the next SQN (or next anything) - simply the first (and only) Sanguis
-'SENSATIONAL' - that's a fine word
-If I got to choose my own name now, it would probably be Henry - Hi my name is Matthias Pippig, but call me Henry
-When push comes to shove: Injury over illness (hopefully there will be very little pushing or shoving...)
