He's already been gone half a year, this son of New Orleans, father and mentor to so many of us. Al was one of the forefathers of wine ...

Excuse me, but I have just had one of the best food and wine combinations of the year. I was out with friends to an outdoor concert with pic...

This was supposed to be the follow up to the last post. But I need a break from serious. So let’s have a little summer camp, eh? Besides, I ...

“You’ll never make it to Master Sommelier,” A friend recently fired across my bow. “And you’ll never make it to 60,” was my instant come bac...

Cruising on through to the end of the week here in Wineland. It’s been a busy week, with Monday and Tuesday taken up with judging at a Wine ...

The last two months, for Italian wines in the US, have been less than stellar. In fact, 2008, in the world I am looking at, looks like we ha...

There I was staring at the screen when an ad for Tuscani Pastas tried to jam itself past my psycho-blockers. “Hey, there isn’t really a wor...