Winemaker Genevieve Janssens This past weekend at the Premiere Napa Valley, wines were presented from 190 wineries. One that caught my atte...

Not every wine trail is in Italy

From the students and chefs at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, California. Served with a standup lunch after t...

The past week I’ve been working, out in Napa and Sonoma. Lots to talk about and I will, but the airplane was late getting off and the return...

In the hilltown of Montalcino, it's everything you ever wanted to know about Brunello but were afraid to ask, for the next four days. Ju...

Stainless steel tank detail We're taking a brief moment in Napa Valley for a pruning workshop. Rows of Cabernet bask in the morning sun ...

Saturday, February 14, 1953 ~ Saturday, February 17, 2001

65°F during the day and 50°F at night. Ah, winter in Sicilia. Southern Sicily, Nero d’Avola and Cotarella, that is the Morgante winning form...

I’d been putting in 12-hour days for some time now and wasn’t getting caught up. A north wind was blowing and wasn’t showing any signs of ba...

Italy seems to be synonymous with romance. Opera, art, the entire culture drips with the sweat of an erotic current that powers the emotiona...

Sometime around 1983, samples arrived from a Mosswood Wine Company. Gerald Asher , who dabbled in wine importing along with writing for Gour...

The wine business is a funny game. As a career, it has its rewards. Dining in fine restaurants, travel, meeting interesting people from all ...

I have been getting e-mails daily, from hopeful Italian wineries, looking for distribution in the US. Along with that, our current group of ...