O ptions for tasting wine in the last year have been somewhat curtailed by the events that we’ve all encountered. In-person tastings have no...

T his is going to be a mish mash of stuff, as we’re kind of in the doldrums of wine blogging . Also, I have a few things I need to do to cle...

From the archives : Most of us cannot jump on a plane and go to Italy, and those in Italy might not have the mobility in 2021 that we had a ...

T hose were the words a close friend of his (and mine) said as he wept into his phone, recounting so many wonderful stories and such a rich ...

From the archives - Sunday, April 06, 2014   This week in Italy, Barone Alessandro de Renzis Sonnino was taken from us by Covid-19. He will ...

Feb. 29, 2040 Dear Salem Morgon, Thank you for your inquiry regarding the position we posted. We are currently screening the next level ...

N ew Orleans has been on my mind lately. Maybe because last week should have been Mardi Gras. Or perhaps I am just missing a place I got to ...

 In memory of Lizanne Feb.14,1953 - Feb.17,2001 H as it really been twenty years? I only knew her for fourteen years. She’s been gone long...

D uring a recent communique with a wine writer friend, I noticed this person sounded just shy of despondent. Knowing that, of late, many of...

D earest Trebb, I t seemed just like yesterday we were sitting by the beach enjoying each other’s company, the gentle waves lilting t...

I n this period of sequestration, some have had time to peer into the well and reflect. What do we miss? What have we lost? What have we gai...

L ately, I’ve been organizing my musical recordings. I’m a big jazz fan. Somewhere along the line, during college, while I loved to listen t...

O nce, on a fast run up the autostrada from Ancona to Verona, an old friend and I were talking about epiphanies. He’d had many in his life a...

Transformational over Transactional S omething I am detecting, acutely, in these early days of 2021, are the relationships that were shape...

I f only this blog were a young girl who was turning into a woman. It would surely be more apt for these times. But a quinceañera it is not ...