A hh, Italy, the multifaceted mystery, the oblique seductress, the carefully measured labyrinth. After a day of working in the garden, st...

"T he business of wine buying is being handed over to a bunch of fireflies and their life span matches their attention span. It’s no ...

From the "You've come a long way, baby" Dept. of Satirical Prognostication O ne of the wonderful aspects about writing abo...

T here is a pattern I have noticed lately when talking to Italian winemakers about their production and where they send their wine. That i...

N o matter which party is dominant in Washington, no matter if the Dow is 26,000 or 1,600, no matter if we are in an unpopular war somewhe...

I ’m sitting at my table with a dear old friend. We’ve traveled around Italy, France, California. You name it, we’ve been there. If you li...

Celebrating 100 years, before flying to Dallas, with a glass of Provence Rosé T his past week, the wine trail had me in home state of Ca...

or, 7 ways to keep squirrels from drinking your wine S acramento, California – I am sequestered these past two days with 70+ wine expert...

I t doesn’t seem that long, but in 2004 the movie Sideways was released. In the film, Pinot Noir was lionized, and to this day, the sales ...

T hree weeks on the road, driving across Texas - Dallas to Houston to San Antonio to Austin to Dallas - there has been time to talk in the...

A few months ago on Antonio Galloni’s Vinous “Your Say” site, there was some lively conversation when Monica Larner showed up. She peeke...

R ecently, there has been a thread that is developing on these posts. One post, Old Wines for Young Sommeliers , looked into a world the y...

W ow! How does one answer that one in 1000 words or less? Fortunately I have been asked that question a lot more lately. A new crop of wi...

S tatus quo is a tricky thing. If you fight to get your position to dominate, someone will come up from behind and try to make their positio...

Y ou see it often in Italy. A celebration. Of pasta, of tomatoes, of zucchini flowers. Especially during harvest season, as one drives alo...