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Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Mark of Zaia
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It has been one busy year for Luca Zaia’s Italy. From his power chair on the deck of the Italian Titanic, he has attempted to banish pineapp...
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Bottle Handler, the Broker & the Bureaucrat
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There are few characters in the Italian wine business that merit this trilogism. Sure enough there will be those folks who think this is abo...
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Epiphany before Christmas
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Or, It's going to take more than a traffic cone to sort this mess out Last night we opened up a bunch of wine. Some of it good, some tha...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
On a Hot Streak During a Cold Snap
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I must be crazy. Wednesday morning I awoke to sub-freezing temperatures. My Hoja Santa long past giving up the ghost, I set out to check on...
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Sombudsman, Wine Cougars & Straddle Baggers
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The O-N-D Chronicles Sombudsman I got an email from my buddy, the Big Guy, early Saturday morning. “Enjoyed our lunch together. I’ve been th...
Saturday, December 05, 2009
The Guile of the Private Label
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A cautionary tale, jettisoned from the vacuum of commerce Back in the early 1980’s I decided to make wine. It started out as a way to identi...
Thursday, December 03, 2009
One Upon a Time (again) in America
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One never knows what a day will bring on the wine trail. Yesterday started out with a snow flurry in the morning followed by a lunch with my...
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Good Mentor: On Wine Buying
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A few years ago, one of my wine mentors passed away, leaving me with a pile of wine books with notes placed inside them. Every once in a wh...
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