W here is it in Italy that really grabs you by the heart and flings you around, as if you were dancing and loving and young forever and all ...

W ell, the default world is back upon us. Everything is opening back up. And the merrymakers are back at it. That’s right folks, we’re going...

W hy most of you came here was to find out about Italian wine. And, over the years, I’ve written a lot about that. I’m not stopping, wine is...

  cul·tur·al ap·pro·pri·a·tion    the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or ...

When I was seventeen  It was a very good year Y es, it has been seventeen (17!) years since I started this wine blog. I mean, who blogs an...

from the archives P eering into my wine closet, I shut the door behind me. Cool, quiet, removed from the world of traffic, frustration, ...

T he past few weeks I’ve gone to a couple of wine and spirit dinners, a b2b wine tasting and an art talk at a gallery. All of these events...

From the archives - posted 06/15/10 W hile the wine world wrestles with the issue of what makes a wine natural , I am pointing my camera ...

O ver the past 50 years I have been an avid Italy watcher. In time I became an active participant in the wine trade. In the boat, either row...

From the Archives ~ Nov. 18, 2007 I have been back in Texas less than a week. During the first half of November, I visited six regions in N...

L ike many of us who follow such things, Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy has grabbed our attention. Those of us who haven’t gotten on a...

I t had been a while since I was in Italy, so when the chance came to go, I grabbed the opportunity. This was not a junket, or even a free p...

from the archives M y first time visiting Piedmont was over a generation ago. At the time a winemaking revolution was in its infancy. The I...

D uring the past three years, it seems as if time has slowed down. I know that’s not scientifically possible, but still something has change...

Italy MMXXII ~ Quo Vadis? P robably not the best headline for a blog in terms of SEO. Maybe better to use “Italy 2022, and her impending ec...