Ziff & Dale are back! Over the past month, with holidays and traveling, I have been in my share of restaurants. Usually we are in an Ita...

The Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino's quick response to the current debacle has been hailed in the US. "Keesa me goo'...

* De-Spoofilate : After five days at Vinitaly, to purge the tannins of the Super Tuscans and the hype of the Amphoristi, by taking time in V...

Dale is doing his supertrooper thing, busy ganging up all the local sommelier talent for his latest venture. Ziff, meanwhile, has been ta...

At the Italian buffet today, Francesco had lots of good offerings. Andrea asked the server about the mushroom that was offered. "What i...

Click on image to enlarge I delivered some Italian wine for a recent event here in town. There were some very wealthy people there who didn...

Click on cartoon to enlarge While Ziff and Dale work at a feverish pitch to iron out all the last minute details for the Texas Sommelier Co...

Dale's mom has been talking to her son about his girth. Ziff just started a new work-out program. This could get ugly.

Click image to enlarge *What happens when a light red wine goes through a slight fermentation in the bottle, and is closed out to a Spanish ...

Click on cartoon to enlarge Ziff’s “true story", as told after hours, over a partial bottle of Monfortino. One night this week a table...

Click on cartoon to enlarge Just when you thought your job was safe, Allvin arrives. -AK

IWG sent a text. He is out of range for broadband, can't post latest installment on his southern swing. Apologies. Something about mount...

The IWG is still MIA... The inspiration for this series ( if one can call it inspiration, rather than just a dumb idea from too many Shiner ...

Click on cartoon for larger image First time here with the words. I got the idea one night after the restaurant closed. Maybe cause it was ...

Thanks to David @ Italian Insight for the Italian translation.-AK Note: Arthur Krea is is a creation of my imagination. He runs around, bra...