I nside the glass, this hurdling liquid, rushing into all the empty crevices, seeming to fulfill a need to order the world around us as ex...

“W e’re going to hit you with a low dose of morphine, to help you sleep.” Was I dreaming? After a day which saw no sleep, a hurried drive ...

Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? Hard to imagine, but it is. 15 years since Lizanne took her leave. ...

I ’ve spent the first part of this year tasting numerous types of Italian wine. More than I can remember in a long time. And while that is p...

V erona in January can be severe. Or it can be a welcome change from the early spring, when Vinitaly wine fair-goers clog every artery, f...

W e live in multi-planar worlds. There is wine. And there is food. Just as there is work. And there is avocation. And while it seems we li...

T he owl was singing outside my room, at midnight. Fog shrouded the mountain. My hotel had turned off the internet connection. And I could...

W hen I talk to many Italians they like to carp about how unfair life is in Italy. Long lines, lots of bureaucracy, low pay, traffic, corr...

“I s this your first trip to Puglia?” I was asked this past week. “No, I have been here a handful of times,” I answered. “In fact the very f...

L ooking back is so much easier than this. But the past is dust. So where are we going? All I have are some educated guesses. Maybe not pr...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...