The Italians have taken to the road with the Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri tasting in New York and San Francisco and the Road Shows in Los Ang...

I felt like a child again. Everywhere I turned, there was someone chastising me and the world I lived in. After an adult lifetime of work, I...

It all started out innocently enough. The Italian-American Chamber of Commerce wanted to square off in a friendly competition with their Fre...

One would think that the Italians, and most of the European winemakers, would be first in line for the shoot-yourself-in-the-foot booth. The...

For the last five years I have been drinking the wines from my closet. I realized that eventually I was going to run out of time but there w...

From the Beverage News Satellite Effective April 1, 2008, a large non-alcoholic beverage company will increase the list prices on their &quo...

Today, at Premiere Napa Valley ® with a kick-butt CIA buffet lunch. Lots of micro salad (with mache effectively ascending to the throne on...

Sifting through a wet week spent in Napa. Very busy time. Not a lot of time to reflect. Just a couple of thoughts. Napa Valley, indeed, has ...

Winter in Rome. The old Cinquecento is slow to start in the cold, damp night of the city. I had just been to an interminably trying evening ...

It must have been 20 years ago when the little VW Jetta took us down the road to Hillsboro, Texas, with Bob Marley wailing “ I don’t want to...

Over the past few years I have gotten to know a few wine and food bloggers. Most of them live in New York and a few over by San Francisco wa...

During the month of March, winter prepares to slink out of the bones, making way for green and grow and sun and spring. In Bordeaux and Alba...