West of Napa ~ East of Eden After spending a week in Napa Valley, we headed over the hill to Sonoma. Destination: Occidental, California. Th...

I have spent the last week in the company of Napa Valley wines. Hundreds of bottles have been opened. I have pages of notes. Along with that...

I’m taking a few days in Napa for the wine writer’s symposium . Inside the cellars the blackberries and I-phones don’t work. We’re on our ow...

What are the Italians thinking ? Here we have this major sea change in America, along with a world economic crisis, and they start getting d...

Happy Valentine's Day , wherever you are ... written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy

Do we ask too much from any wine? With the grapes long ascent through time, asking nothing from man, except to be held and loved and partner...

Interview by Beatrice Russo Alfonso seems to be a bit distracted lately, what with his new gig as a clogger, the accolades and the busy tra...

Sometimes on the wine trail we veer into restaurants. Actually, often. I feel like the old Wells Fargo delivery man, with my pack of informa...