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Sunday, December 30, 2018

What does it take to be a lover of Italian wine?

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E veryone has their idea about what it means to be a lover of Italian wine. Some folks love to go for the rare, the old, the soaring Pegas...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

The Native and Indigenous Italian Grapes Series Round-up

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O ver the summer I was motivated to produce a mini series on Native and Indigenous Italian Grapes. This is a round-up of those posts, in c...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

It's a Wonderful Life - with Buttercup, Coconut & Luigi

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Baby Luigi W hen I "retired" in April, I didn’t really quit working. But in the last month or so I’ve retroceded a bit more th...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

La fille Américaine in France, making wine (naturally) in Italy - Pt II

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U ncle Emilio’s wife, Serafina, sent Anne Marie a note. “Uncle Emilio isn’t doing so well. After his last fall in the vineyard, he just ha...
Sunday, December 09, 2018

Les vins naturels – 2 new releases – one from France and one from Italy

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Two new wines that have recently graced the dinner table. Both made with biodynamic practices and are Vin Demeter.

La fille Américaine in France, making wine (naturally) in Italy - Pt I

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A nne Marie was from a new generation of global citizens. Born in America in the late 1980’s, from parents who immigrated from Europe, her...
Sunday, December 02, 2018

The State of Natural Wine in Flyover Country

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New series: " Au Naturel "         W hile researching an upcoming article for the Dallas Morning News, I’ve had the opportunit...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Who do we think we are?

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A fter almost thirteen years writing this blog, observing the wine trade, from within and without, and folding those impressions into the ...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Are the French more interested in Italian wine than Italians?

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M y French cousins seem to be on a roll. They stand up to political bullies, they smoke when and where they want and they appear to be mor...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Restoring the "Master Class" for the Wine Trade

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I t is very fashionable these days to call something a master class. Do a search and you will find any number of master classes, with famo...
Sunday, November 04, 2018

Aging vs. Evolution (In Old Wine and Young Humans)

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I n a recent article for Antonio Galloni’s Vinous, Ian D’Agata made a case for age worthiness in regards to a white Italian wine, Verdicch...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Zombies and VR, supermarket bargains and wine shop $100 gems – what I’m writing, off the wine trail in Italy

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W hile this site is primarily my web log of thoughts, emotions and observations from the wine trail (mainly in Italy), since I have “retir...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

The Fate of Italian Wine in a Strange, New America

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A ll across Italy there is an army of souls standing over fermenting tanks, hoses running everywhere, with the ubiquitous sweet-sour scent...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

Tocai Friulano - For every funeral there is a second line (and a silver lining)

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From the Native & Indigenous Italian Grapes Series I t was April of 2007, in Verona. Colleague and dear friend, Andrea Fassone, call...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Rise of The Italian Wine Specialist in America

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An O-N-D Pep Talk F or the past four months I've felt like the mother of all road warriors, in service of Italian wine. I really tho...