I understand everyone needs to make a living. And in America, where free speech is sacrosanct, her citizens have the right to say almost a...

It may come as a surprise to my friends in Italy that there is another divide besides the North vs. South one they are familiar with. He...

Angiolino Maule's Ladder R ipasso wines get a lot of traction in these parts - one of my blog posts that won’t rest, You say Ripa...

T he drive from Dallas to San Antonio is one I’ve taken dozens of times. About 4½ hours long with the saving grace that Austin is along ...

...What it is ain't exactly clear    It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down... ...

I n keeping with my current curiosity over wine labels - wondering if anyone else can tell which wine was served at this now famous closed...

From the “why Italian wines are so confusing” dept O n Sept 4, 2012 @missmelpayne posted the picture above on twitter asking if anyone kn...

D riving in the rain, driving in a dust storm. So it goes in the selling season in the States. Texas is no different, except the distances c...

Alessandra Dorigo at J.Mueller's in Austin I f you spend enough time on the wine trail, eventually the circle of life brings you back...

O k, I'm a sucker for moving pictures. And the Italians have been a huge influence in my life, from DeSica to Rossellini, Antonioni to ...

In preparing for my harvest trip next month to Piemonte and Toscana, I have been in contact with friends, old and new. One friend, Chi...

Photo by Christopher Michel T alk to anyone who is in the vineyard this time of the year and they'll tell you. It's not about pla...

W ith summer vacation now over for most of Italians, the coastal areas are returning to a less frenetic period. There are still almost 4 mil...

Some blog posts just never go away. the three Ripassos and Seersucker among them. In any event, this is an American holiday and no one is...

T hey are those little secret shames, lurking in our lives. Sometimes they are in our face. Sometimes they dwell in a state of hibernation. ...