From the Archives ~ March 4, 2007 It’s that time of the year. A month or so before Vinitaly, the annual Italian wine trade show in Verona...

...for more stories. Back after Easter. Will post from the archives till then. written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Win...

Three emails that arrived recently: 1- I am going to Italy next month. We will be visiting Florence and wondered if there were some wineries...

I'm wild again, beguilded again What a confusing time. I have spent the better part of the week out in the trade and I have a headache. ...

The Ancients prayed for it. Gods and goddesses were created for it. Temples were raised and burned because of it. Dynasties arose and fell w...

Am I opposed to mainstream journalism? Of course not. Some of my best friends are underpaid journalists just looking for a way to make a liv...

I have been in the Zinfandel Capital of the World this week for the Lodi International Wine Awards and the Sommelier Journal Terroir Exper...

I have been reading Asimov lately. Isaac, not Eric. I just needed a hyper-jump to another head space, so I headed back to another world, far...

I have been staring at a computer screen for two days now. With month end comes new reports. I don’t even know where to start. All of us who...

One of our favorite non-wine blogs, the Las Flores View Point Squirrel Colony, is proud to announce the winners of the first-ever American S...

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