"Nebbiolo made like Amarone and Corvina made like Barolo, now that's a delicious Italian Paradox." Wine Wednesday 2, WWII, t...

Back from NY, back to the south and the west; everywhere and still nowhere at all. The idea of the wine merchant has been occupying my time,...

Ok so it's been a hot week all across the country and here comes the weekend, so it's time for my weekly T.G.I.F. posting... Today ...

It was reported today that the Wine Trail in the Bekaa Valley was in the middle of the fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah armies. This b...

Motivation "in the hoop" w/ the best in the biz, Carlo Pellegrini This has been a tough couple of months. It's not always fun...

Today we're tooling around in the Alto-Adige with the top down . On the wine trail is the Abbazia di Novacella , founded in 1142. One of...

Many are told, when they go to Orvieto, to stop by the Duomo and take in the brilliance of the gold laden façade. It is especially brilliant...

1969 – San Francisco Bay area – an exciting time in history. For a young whippersnapper like me, it was a time of wonder. And it was when I ...

Global Warming circa 79 A.D. ~ Pompeii It’s still summer and it’s still hot here in the southwest. Just recently read that we in the south...

A busy day at the office 9:30 AM ~ Wednesday July 19, 2006 Today, Italian Wine Guy goes off the Italian trail. Actually the Trail just expa...