A s we get more science on exactly who we are and where we came from via DNA mapping, we often find out we aren’t who we think we are. In my...

D ear Mom and Dad, Well I'm in Italy. I finally made it to Rome. The last week has been warm. Hotter than where I came from. Rome wa...

From the archives ~ April 8, 2007 Fishermen from Calabria, Italy - Alan Lomax I turn on the music, and Albanian chants from Calabr...

O dd how time reshapes things. In another era, one could not get anyone on the line, start (or finish) any kind of business or move anythi...

“I just don’t get Franciacorta,” the tall lady muttered to her friend at a recent reception. Her friend was pouring all manner of cool wi...

I t was the winter of 2004-5. We were sitting at a table, myself with Guy Stout, Drew Hendricks and James Tidwell. I hadn’t yet started t...

O n the Social Media sites, Facebook, Twitter, Delectable and so on, I encounter a lot of images of wine bottles. Folks seem to love posti...

T here’s an unspoken protocol around the water cooler at work. Whenever someone starts extolling the glories of another Pinot Noir, they l...

F or the last few months I have gotten a barrage of notes from folks who are heading to Italy for visits. Most of the time they are askin...

“Y ou’re either going up or you’re going down,” an old political saying goes. And while it was meant for worlds larger than ours, here we ar...

..and other tales told while riding inside the sommambulance I keep having this dream over and over again. I’m in a restaurant. Pretty p...

I t was bound to happen sooner or later. This was never meant to be forever. It’s 3AM and I don’t even know where to send this, you’re not...

J uly. Slow period. Vacations. Nothing much happening. Right? If you think this is the case, then go right ahead. But right now major camp...

O ne of the most misunderstood winemakers in all of time is Jesus Christ. After his miracle at the marriage feast of Cana, criticisms of h...

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