I t happened, after tasting over one hundred wines in a three-hour period, that the vinous impact of Etna became overwhelming. But not befor...

O ne of the advantages of having Sicilian blood and being raised in California in the latter half of the 20 th century is the uncanny capac...

F or those who work in Nature, there are certain immutables. Fire and water are forces to be respected, not ignored. We can try and tame the...

W hen I was a young boy, I lived in the shadow of a great mountain. For hours, I would sit outside and stare up at it, mesmerized by the pla...

I t has been eight years since I last reported from Etna . In 2016 I was here as a blogger, but primarily as a photographer, covering for Er...

Stepping away from the big screens for a pause. See you in two weeks. written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Tra...

W hile shopping in my little Italian grocery store, the one with an oversized selection of Italian wine (only), I happened upon one of the I...

 🎵 I got the poison, I got the remedy 🎵 A s Americans, we can dream up some pretty goofy stuff. Foodwise, we’ve got a lock on weird. Just...

L ately, when thinking about Italian wine and its place in the world, I’ve been pulling back the focus, way back, and envisioning it from a ...

W hile scores of Italians and other Europeans flock to the beaches of Italy, Spain and Greece, suntanning their bums off, America is in the ...

A s an Italian food chronicler, by virtue of working through the past few decades and witnessing many iterations of Italian-divined restaura...

T he large alcohol companies are sounding their alarms. People aren’t drinking as much as they used to. Their business is down. Their projec...

I t seems like everywhere you turn these days, someone is prosecuting their case for something that they deem purpose driven. We’re shouted ...

R ecently I had a long conversation with a young wine professional. Currently they’re sommeliering in a very exclusive hotel which has a res...

N ot long ago, an erstwhile colleague recounted a story they had while making an Italian wine presentation. The account was a tony Italian-s...