Folks who read these posts regularly know I dont "review" wines. However, when something comes across my path that is notable I li...

A young man, just back from Iraq, was in the hotel where I had been attending a tasting. I spotted him seated at a table near me. He was att...

Organization Man - Then & Now Picture 40 or so tables with wines from all over Italy. At 2/3 rds of these tables a winemaker or vineyard...

2006 was a good year for Italian wines in America. Looking at the sales report today, some interesting inside industry notes show, in my wor...

Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher of the Wall Street Journal , recently described the 2001 Podere Salicutti Piaggione Brunello as “Rough and...

Last night, I set out for a run with my new shoes and my new toe, in the New Year. Feeling good, wind in my face, a slight southern breeze, ...

Special commentary by guest reviewer Beatrice Russo Italian Wine Guy has asked me to write a column while he takes time off to go to one of ...

This week, in the wine trade, all the work is being done in two places: in the offices with computers and telephones, calling accounts and t...

Winter, on the wine trail in Italy. The vineyard is a concentration of packed earth in a cold box. The not so glamorous work of preparing th...

Italian Wine Guy has been burning the midnight candle with these posts over at the Well Fed Network ...you might want to check them out. Thi...