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Sunday, June 27, 2021

5 wines from Italy that are helping the return to normal life

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D ear readers, You’ve endured a lot from me over the years. From my sci-fi worlds of the future to my incessant gyrations about the wine t...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

By the Bottle: Robert Camuto

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. Robert Camuto is an American wine writer based in Italy. I first met him in Dallas, where he wa...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

John the Apostle Talks with Jesus: On Water, Natural Winemaking and Large Gatherings

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  From the archives O ne of the most misunderstood winemakers in all of time is Jesus Christ. After his miracle at the marriage feast of Ca...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

By the Bottle: Ron Washam

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. Ron Washa m is an acquired taste, like a fried brain sandwich, or Rigatoni con la pajata , made ...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

2021-The future of wine wholesale distribution – Post Covid 19

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Photo by Susan Lowry Hare OK, right off the bat, this is an “inside baseball” post, so no need for the ineluctable comment stating the obvio...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

By the Bottle: Alder Yarrow

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. I made Alder’s acquaintance through wine blogging, and have spent time with him in Napa and Ita...
Sunday, June 06, 2021

10 Wines that Forever Changed the How the World Sees Italian Wine

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From 8½ by Federico Fellini I taly was once a forlorn country, vinously speaking. The wines were made haphazardly. The flavors were sometime...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

By the Bottle: Ian D'Agata

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. For most of my readers, Ian D’Agata needs no introduction. I consider Ian to be the top Italia...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Gone Fission...

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Going off the grid for the holiday. Back Thursday with the By the Bottle series. written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On t...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

By the Bottle: Patricia Guy

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life.   I initially learned about Patricia Guy from her book, Wines of Italy , which should be on...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Saying Goodbye to Italy

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“You may have the universe, if I may have Italy.” – Giuseppe Verdi Rome - 1971 T his year will mark 50 years since I first visited Ita...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

By the Bottle: Raffaella Guidi Federzoni

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. This week we’re hearing from Raffaella Guidi Federzoni in Montalcino. She is, from time to time, ...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

Sardegna and wine - a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

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From the archives B y chance, I’m sitting in a restaurant and nearby me is a table of four. Urban dwellers, well-traveled, by the looks of...
Thursday, May 13, 2021

By the Bottle: Martin Sinkoff

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Wine lovers on wine and the vinous life. My next participant in the By the Bottle series is Martin Sinkoff . I first met Martin in 198...
Sunday, May 09, 2021

What Italian winemakers can imbibe from their Swiss watchmaking cousins

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G uido Terreni is running out of time. And he knows it. Terreni, who is in his mid-50’s, left a comfortable and prestigious job as presid...