I read about a new “Italian” place in my neighborhood. While out running errands with my dog, Rocco, I stopped by the shopping center where...

T he young waiter, newly arrived to America from Italy, had a quandary. Guests ordered a bottle of Sassicaia. And then another one. Problem ...

R ecently, while listening to a podcast about a local chef whose restaurant holds one Michelin star, I went online to look at the menu . A...

I ’m in my local Whole Foods. Self-checkout. I have about $60 worth of groceries and on the WF app it says $10 off your next $50 grocery ord...

Ed. note: This was written 15 years ago, but there are indications that in 2026 we have gotten away from the true meaning of hospitality whe...

I n my dotage, I want to be gentle and understanding. This is a pivotal moment for the restaurant industry, as it is for the wine trade. It ...

𝅘𝅥𝅰  Don't bother they're here 𝅘𝅥𝅰  W hen I look at the “inside baseball” world of wine writing lately, I want to puke. It is ...

S o much of what we’re enveloped in lately seems to be a battle over where to plant one’s flag. There is such an overabundance of informatio...

redoing a 2025 blog post over a 2016 set of guesses about Italian wine in America   T en years ago this past January I sat down and made a...

I t's been the better part of two decades since a corkscrew and a decanter first started arguing with each other in the back of a restau...

R ecently I was, what else, talking wine with a friend. Sicily came up (we were sipping on a Grillo) and the notion of just how far Sicilian...

H ow many times do you read something, hear something, talk to someone, and the subject comes around to passion. I'm not talking about s...

I don't know if this is a redundant type of notion, but once again I am thinking about wine, wine tasting, the wine tasting experience ...

Photo ©Tom Hyland 2026   T om Hyland has spent the better part of five decades chasing Italian wine, and approaching 100 trips into the coun...

Rocco, as I found him on July 20th  J uly came and went. My month, and the month for so many people I know and love. I look forward to July ...