Vinu vecchiu ed ogghiu novu. I never knew Marco DeBartoli. I loved his wines. In 2005 I visited his winery. But it was in 2001 on Pantell...

M ore pix from a fabulous (and needed) dinner last night at Stephan Pyles. Yesterday was a challenging day; let’s just leave it at that. So ...

...with a little Sicilian photo lagniappe for dessert at the end Palmento author, Robert Camuto with chef Sharon Hage under the Sicilian...

I ’m obsessed with cameras. I keep looking for the one that will help me solve the little puzzles that are put before me. With a camera, I c...

...the latest news from "The Other Side" Carnac the Magnificent. by Victor McCay T here is not enough coffee or amaro to mak...

I have looked at a lot of wine lists lately, in regards to Italian places, but not exclusively. One wine director recently bragged to folk...

L ast Monday I was at my computer at work and a message from my sister Tina popped up from Facebook. It was breviloquent. 10 words. 42 chara...

M y dear friends at Querciavalle celebrated the 150 years of Italian unity over a classic plate of pasta that mamma made. I have watched th...

What goes with BBQ besides Babaresco? How about a little 1990 Ridge Montebello for starters? Y ou’ve gotta love a guy like Aldo Vacca , ...

M y Sardinian friend Francesco, Cecio, showed up early Saturday morning for our yearly pruning of the fig tree ritual. Cecio learned from th...

W hen it all gets to be a little too much, when the heat of the day goes from tepid to searing, when all this running around and shuffling a...

Dune and Duner ~ further ruminations on the nature of Montalcino wine He who controls the Spice controls the Brunello-verse! He who ...

Two-steppin' between translation and interpretation M aybe it’s that we are waiting for new releases. Maybe wine blogging is dead . I ...

Recalling untamed dreams under a full moon I taly, when are you going to let down your hair and get wild again? How long has it been? Wh...

Was it a dream or did it really happen? O uttakes from a storyboard imagining the direction a recent dinner might take in honor a member o...