I t is an onerous task spotting the minor changes in societal shifts, when one is living in the present. By pulling back focus and envisioni...

D uring the week, I banged out a piece, which upon reading and trying to edit it into a more peaceful position, decided to let it sit. It’s ...

P erusing the sites where wine writer’s articles are posted and listed, I’ve come to the realization that many of these folks haven’t steppe...

L ately, when I’m out in the world, I keep getting this sense that I had when I was a youngster. Namely, to stop talking and let the adults ...

R ummaging around my wine closet recently, I realized it was turning into a vinous elder hostel. 25% of the wines were 25 years or older, wi...

A s I look over the essays and posts I have written this year, I warily eye the subject matter that appears on this site. I shouldn’t be, I’...

H ow often have you opened a bottle of wine and thought that you had never tasted anything like what just came out of that bottle in your li...

T he past month I have been feverishly working on a project involving Italian wine and how better to communicate its better aspects to cons...

N ow that I am “retired” I’ve spent some time reflecting on the years I worked in the wine trade. I am glad I survived those years, for I ha...

T he image above was taken from the Instagram site of a hotel I stay at occasionally in Rome. It is their way, I suppose, to offer up a fant...

I t finally dawned on me - We all live in a yellow submarine – now I know what it means. A submarine, a bubble, a fantasy world, that’s whe...

In Memory of Hank Rossi, who left us last year... Watch out, Bin Laden, "AK-47 Rossi" is on your tail E nrico “Hank” Rossi has...

  Luciano Pavarotti and young fan at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco I n the last year, I have been consulting with my local Italian wine sh...

I t was just a simple coffee meeting with an longtime Italian wine colleague, who, last time we talked, has since gone on to their version o...

From the archives I n a world where there are so many tragic events  ̶  from the father who lost his wife and daughter when he was 30 a...