From the archives I n a world where there are so many tragic events  ̶  from the father who lost his wife and daughter when he was 30 a...

I t seems "things being coded" is all the rage these days. My preferred AI overview posits coded thusly: In the context of socia...

B y now the world knows there is a new pope and most of us have become acquainted with him, if just superficially. He, no doubt, will alter ...

T he decade we’re in started in 2020, and it was then that heightened consciousness was brought to racial injustices, and covered many aspec...

W hile rummaging through my wine stash, I came across a red from Italy and another red from Greece. We were having smoked brisket and I want...

Gran Sasso - Abruzzo F or some reason, I have been going over my wine career and the speed bumps along the road that I incurred during that ...

T he annual Italian wine trade show, Vinitaly, has just ended, and the threatened US tariffs against Italy have just been adjusted down to 1...

The Quo Vadis Chronicles L et’s start with the small questions, shan’t we? All kidding aside, as we are in an epochal shift, what shall It...

  Back next week...          © written and photographed by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy wine ...

Learning to love wine again in the era of Patrioligarchy “W elcome to earth. Please take a glass and a seat. Someone will be with you shor...

"It's like déjà vu all over again" -Yogi Berra T here appears to be no bottom in the hustle to bloviate and sully us with al...

…everybody wants happiness. Round and round we all do race, everybody looking in a different place. Y eah, pretty much how it seems. I see...

In Memory of Patty Wright-Ferrini... Y esterday a dear, good friend died. We met in college, that’s how long we go back in time. She was a f...

Inspired by Jon Lovitz of Saturday Night Live fame... I had an epiphany recently. And it was, the new reality in America is that the old ...

I’ m just going to come right out and say it: I don’t like being me anymore. I was born a wine, but I’m tired of being locked up in this dar...