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Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Spirit of Wine

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From the There I go, there I go, there I go, there I go department : Has this ever happened to you? You are visiting a winery and the guide...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Calabria: The Epiphany

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There has been discussion in Italy about the future of wine in Calabria . In brief, there are two camps: one to maintain a more traditional ...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Wine Guise

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About once a month I get together with “the guys.” These fellows are successful, well connected members of the business and political commun...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Learn to Forget

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You have a wine placed before you. You might be a judge in a competition. Or you might simply be ordering a wine in a restaurant. In either ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Bittersweet Memories

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Eight years ago, I spent several weeks in Pantelleria. I had once been invited to the island in 1971 but never made the trip. In 2001 I fina...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

A Handful of Fun - DOCG Dessert Wines from Italy

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I’ll admit that of the eleven twelve DOCG wines that can be sweet... • Recioto di Gambellara • Recioto di Soave • Montefalco Sagrantino Pa...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

OOPArt: Food & Wine Marriage Celebration

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An out-of-place artifact ( OOPArt ) is a term coined by American zoologist and cryptozoologist Ivan T. Sanderson for an object of historical...
Sunday, June 07, 2009

Making Dining Out "In" Again

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In the wine and food business we are a little like social anthropologists. There is something about the search for the best pizza, the ripes...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

Seersucker, Foie Gras and Amarone

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To celebrate the end of May, which was an hellacious month for the wine world, Paul and Annette DiCarlo graciously opened up their home in E...