W alking along a hiking path, on the edge of the continent and from the neighboring northward country, the longtimer came upon a glen. The...

L ast night I found myself in a most wonderful predicament. High in the hills of Marin County for a small concert, with people I didn’t know...

From the "Two Geralds are better than one" dept. U pon setting foot on the west coast, the 2nd time in a month, I am in awe o...

L ast night, over a wonderful dinner, our host brought out two dessert wines, a Sauternes and a Vin Santo. The Sauternes was a famous one, C...

T onight in front of a sold-out crowd in the back room at my favorite Italian store I led the group through a tasting of Italian wines. T...

An Italian Wine Blog I t doesn’t happen that often. You’re planning a meal at home and choose a wine. The wine turns out to be the wrong cho...

That by which you can taste, but that which you can never taste A s with all things, there is always the Unobtainable. No wealth, no power...

I n June of 2001 I went to Pantelleria for two weeks by myself . My wife had died four months earlier and I was grieving her loss. It was su...

W ine, frozen in time, that’s what all those bottles in the cellar turned out to be. And like our friends and family and life in general the...

S ometime ago I remember reading about a person who was learning to do an activity and the teacher was emphasizing that to really arrive at...

L ast week we got off the grid. Back to nature. No phones, no email, no blogging. Took hikes, cooked, read three books (analog), shot pictur...

I am writing this as an outsider; one who loves the wines of the Langhe. And as an outsider I am blinded by distance but clarified by the ...

From the archives - posted 12/27/09 from the "uchronic meanderings" department Thursday Aug 4 T he trip out of Rustic Tuscany...

from the archives - posted 7/2/09 I t seems like everyday we get another headline announcing the passing of someone who was part of the lar...

"Canta pure, Grillo mio, come ti pare e piace" D ining out the other night, we ordered a wine, a simple Rosso di Montepulciano. ...