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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Life on Mt. Etna - After the Gadabouts Are Gone

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I t’s wet and foggy. And some of us are scared. The long days are now a thing of memory. We are steeped in darkness. And all the while the...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Trump's America Beckons: A Challenge for Italian Wine in the Age of Disruption

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I n two weeks, on December 4, 2016, Italians will vote on a referendum to change their constitution. If electors vote to approve the bill...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Fanfare for the (un)Common Somm(elier)

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Brian Huynh of Gemma in Dallas - photo by Brad Murano O ver the past week, once again in Texas, in restaurants, a wine list was thrust i...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

The First 40 Years of the Golden Age in Wine

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T his past week, I happened to come across a copy of the Wine Spectator. I’m an online subscriber, so I don’t often see the print version....
Thursday, November 03, 2016

Beyond the Aurelian Walls - Ex Archium

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From the Archives - Wednesday, November 24, 2010 S o you’ve had your Roman holiday. Seen the sights. Taken in the Vatican Museum, the Bath...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Safe-cracking a memory vault in search of the unicorn wine

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"Able was I ere I saw Etna" Memory is an odd bedfellow. Even without the vicissitude of time or trauma it can be a transitory ...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

"Learning the Joyful Truths" - How wine elders can help today's young wine lovers - Ex Archium

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From the Archives - Wednesday February 12, 2104 "I'd suggest that many young wine drinkers do not have access to the great ben...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

What is More Important to Winelovers? The News? Or the Story?

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I n a recent conversation with Elaine “ Hawk Wakawaka ” Brown - who started out in the world of wine as an artist and blogger and rocketed...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

“We have become accustomed to constant change and instant boredom.” - Ex Archium

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From the Archives Thursday, June 26, 2014 "T he business of wine buying is being handed over to a bunch of fireflies and their life...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

The Endangered Wine List in the New Millennium

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♫ Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you ♫ T here’s so much I want to say about what I have observed in the marketplace ...
Sunday, October 09, 2016

The staggering weight of a 1000 year old family tree in Chianti

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I n a world in which there are so many more pressing issues, the fate and the future of Chianti is not even in the top 100. It’s in a quie...
Sunday, October 02, 2016

Etna and Eggplant in the National Press: What I shot and how I cooked it

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Eric Asimov (L) with Salvo Foti (R) at Quattro Archi in Milo on Etna I n the last month or so, my life of wine (and food) has ventured ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

The Italy that found me

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T here is a place in Italy where all my memories distill into one. And I was there recently, standing on the balcony of a room overlooking...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Stalking the Wild and Indigenous in the New and the Old World

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From Parmigiano to Hoja Santa to Pecorino in less than 24 hours Hoja Santa Harvest - inspected (and approved) by Jacques Pepin at Paula ...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

International Style - An Historical Perspective in Wine

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I t was late Friday afternoon. The week was essentially done. My son had invited a bunch of his friends over for a cooking party. The loca...