Max Koch Uncorked

Hope you all had a beautiful Christmas/Hanukkah/Whatever. For me, nothing says “home for the holidays” quite like a confirmed diagnosis of bronchitis and gnarly ear infection. Wahoo! Thank Cripes my new doctor’s cute. Which only compliments the fact that I’ve had some considerable cabin fever-y time to lounge about in my skull jammies going insane. Which brings us […]

Nothing says “home for the holidays” like a debilitating cold (and I don’t get sick, I am PISSED). And so I’ve had some considerable time to sit around on my stupid ass. Which brings us to: SAG SCREENER MOVIE WRAP-UP #1: (Click pics for trailers) “St. Vincent” – I should NOT have enjoyed this film […]

Man, these holidays sneak up on ya, don’t they?  I had NO plans to make a new Christmas video, but my buddy Nicole aka Green Girl aka GiGi said she had a sexy Santa’s helper outfit that she wanted to wear for me on camera (I have perversely terrorized this woman often in my vids. Anyone recall […]

Did everyone have a kickass Thanksgiving? Did you MOW DOWN on a crap-ton of deep-fried wattle and stuffing and gravy and mashed potatoes with garlic and cranberry sauce from a can and pumpkin pies and beer and hopefully some decent WINES??? Did you watch the Macy’s Parade, the dog show, and the Peanuts Thanksgiving special where Snoopy improvises and […]

Good grapes!  Has it REALLY been 12 days since I last posted?? All apologies! I mean, how the hell am I supposed to gain momentum with this blog if I’m nothing but a slacker-offer??  Thanks a LOT, Major Depression! So where was I…? Oh, yeah, right! Napa Valley. Okay, so I gotta say the Napa […]

God bless my long-suffering wife. As of this past Halloween, we will have spent a good, long 15 years of marriage together. Tack on 7 more years of dating and living amongst one another and you have a LOT of hard time she’s labored. I. Am. A. CHORE. Speaking of labor…I’d love to share another new […]

I’m back! Lemme tell ya, Napa Valley wine country n’ me pretty much worked out our differences. We reconciled. We bonded. We gave each other neck rubs. Sure, I have a few beefs here and there that I’ll get into here on the blog in the coming days. But all in all, I have to declare, […]

Today I celebrate 15 years of marriage to Nichole. That’s right, not only is Halloween my all-time favorite holiday, but also my damn wedding anniversary.  15 years ago tonight, 110 people gathered inside a crazy Italian restaurant in Fullerton called Angelo’s and Vinci’s. I say crazy because the walls are covered in Commedia dell’arte masks and they even have a “Monster Wine […]

Scare flick fans either love or loathe “The Blair Witch Project”. Personally, I can’t ever get enough of it. Outside of the fact that it was the first real cultural happening/marketing miracle centered around a found footage horror film (pre-dating the “Paranormal Activity” phenomenon by about 8 years), it also spawned a killer companion book and documentary further […]

I’ve made a lotta crazy videos over the years for YouTube but my favorites are always the Halloween-themed ones. So I decided to put together a playlist of these in case you mighta missed one or two or…ten. Oh, there’s all KINDS of terrible tidings to behold here: You’ll get a zany gay cannibal, Jeff Bridges […]