W ine as an obsession seems a bit odd to me these days. As I recede from the shores of the wine trade, the daily activities, the desires, ...

Assisi - Eremo delle Carceri (St. Francis' Hermitage) A s one might be expected to do in the later chapters of life, I’ve been clean...

C alifornia Chardonnay. An odd phrase. Round and chunky in sound, those two words. A little shushy, followed by an ay! Why not? What did ...

Dallas, Texas - 1979 - Il Sorrento Old World Italian Cuisine L et’s hop on the Wayback Machine, to 1979, on search of the state of Itali...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...