On the road with Stefano Illuminati and “other” celebrities After our Big Night in Houston, the next day we had a lunch appointment with th...

“When are you coming to Houston?” Vincent Mandola was asking on the other end of the phone. We talk about once a month. Usually he calls me....

Waking up this morning to a day with a lost hour, I couldn’t get over the most incredible olives we just had. Friend and colleague Stefano I...

Revised March 13, 2010 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have...

While this week has been all about Barbera in Piedmont, on the wine trail in Italy Texas has been all about Abruzzo. The jovial, fresh wine...

Happy 82nd, Oscar ! Have Italian wines become like cinema? Has oak become what full frontal nudity was in the 1970’s, now hackneyed and dull...

A few days ago while I was foraging for lettuces and herbs in my back yard, I heard a familiar cry. At the top of a tall power line the spar...

This is such a great time to be on the wine trail. There are many good wines at all levels, from so many places. There are new people coming...

Note to Italy, to Tuscany and to Montalcino. This is just the beginning. Brace yourself. observed by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserve...

From the “I knew it was too good to last” department After a bit of travel between the East and the West coast, I am finally sleeping in my ...