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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Adventures on the Wine Trail in Italy – Ten Years After

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S omewhere in time I read "one who seriously endeavors in an activity really has nothing to say for the first ten years". It’s a...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

“What do you want from me?” – Conversations with an old friend in a wine cellar

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Peering into my wine closet, I shut the door behind me. Cool, quiet, removed from the world of traffic, frustration, angst. Just me and my...
Monday, December 14, 2015

Carry On Wayward Son

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T here are those days in one’s life that mark a moment that is more than just a day. This day is such a one. I don’t talk about it much an...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

The Barone who traveled from the 19th Century to make wine in the 21st

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N o matter how crazy and out-of-control the world seems at times, there has to be a balance in one’s own life. This past week, I drove 1,0...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Old Nebbiolo’s Influence on Napa Valley and New California Wine

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“I think it’s safe to say I drank more Nebbiolo on my last visit to Napa Valley than Cabernet. And that’s beginning to be more the rule t...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Dear Dad, Happy 100th – If only you could have been here

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W e spent much of the weekend moving a 100 year old man. His wife recently died and his family wanted him to be closer to them. He’s a pre...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Blood, Sweat and Tiers - Speading a Wine Culture in America

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From the “my world and welcome to it” dept… GOVERNMENT WARNING: According to the Surgeon General, women and men who enjoy Italian wine,...
Sunday, November 01, 2015

Will the real Franciacorta please stand up?

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I ’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. The good news is that young, urban wine lovers are really enjoying Franciacorta. The bad news i...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

New York – The Center of the Wine World – for Some

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I’ ve been to New York three times in as many weeks. They’re getting to know me by name at Aldo Sohm Wine Bar. Some folks in Texas have e...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Sixteen little eggplants that made a grown man cry

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from the "tears of happiness" dept. Alfonso and Rafael in Assisi - October 1977 G etting to a weekend where there are no obl...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Youth - Not Wasted on the Young - Not This Time

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I t’s never easy to stare into the barrel of time. That’s a showdown that time always wins. We may make it for 60, 80, even 100 years, but...
Sunday, October 04, 2015

Five Italian wines every 29 year-old should own

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T his past week I was doing wine service at a wine dinner with a younger salesperson. I poured a glass of wine, the 2011 Felsina Chianti C...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Cannubi Conundrum ~ If 15 was 30

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Still life with glass of Lambrusco at Aldo Sohm Wine Bar A lthough harvest is in full-swing in Piedmont, the folks who sell the wines ha...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Wine – made by dead people – for people not yet born

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W ith autumn’s beginning, Italian winemakers are now home from the beach and the mountains, and busy working in their wineries. Gone are t...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

"Hare Today - Gone to Merlot" or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Shelf-Talkers

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W hile many wine lovers are trekking off to exotic lands to experience the grape harvest, I am deep into the holiday selling season. The t...