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Sunday, June 18, 2023
What does the “Future You” look like in the world of wine?
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T he other day, I listened in on an NPR TED Hour podcast about what the “ future you ” looks like. Who will you be in 5 years? In 20 years? ...
Sunday, June 11, 2023
“Take heed” - Random thoughts about the professional climate change in the wine trade
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O k, here goes. I’ve been in a quandary lately. Don’t know why. Maybe it’s the heat. Maybe the state of the country. Or the world. In any ev...
Sunday, June 04, 2023
Italian wines for the summer of ‘23
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H ere’s the thing: Life, at any age, can be as rich or as impoverished as one can stand it to be. There, so much for my philosophy of late. ...
Sunday, May 28, 2023
And the wind, it cries Mary [Redux]
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After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness staggering on down the street Fo...
Sunday, May 21, 2023
A faux pas (from the past) in New York and a stunning Sauvignon Blanc (from the present) by way of Friuli
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A n old colleague of mine texted recently and told me about the death of a French wine producer we knew. We had gotten to know him over the ...
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Peddling Prosecco on Skid Row – An Anamnesis
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M y last paying gig in the wine trade was as a national ambassador for a venerable maker of Prosecco. One of the days I was out, working the...
Sunday, May 07, 2023
Chef Alessio Franceschetti - Bacchus Recalls One of its Stewards, Back to the Great Vineyard
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Happy Days - Alessio in the kitchen at Jimmy's with Valeria Losi of Querciavalle S ad news here, Alessio Franceschetti passed away this ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Italy is Ready For You – Are You Ready for Italy?
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R ecently I returned to Italy, after an absence of four years – for me, the longest interlude in a generation. It couldn’t be helped. The...
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Gone Fishin'
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Shipping out for a short while. Back in a bit. © written and photographed by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail i...
Sunday, April 09, 2023
Sunday Funnies: Dale De-Spoofilates *
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T here is a hint here, regarding future comings and goings. Needless to say, I dont have a lot of time to post right now, or for the next fe...
Sunday, April 02, 2023
Three Hopeful Nudges for the Italian Wine World
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W ith the Italian wine world convening in Verona for another Vinitaly (the 55 th ), and as people shake off the last three years of a pande...
Sunday, March 26, 2023
The Four Pillars of Italian Wine
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I talian wine is a diverse sea of flavors, colors, buoyancies, styles and price points. There are thousands of grapes, and as many or more w...
Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Words We Use for the Truths We Seek
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L ately I’ve been pondering the words we choose, when writing and talking about wine. Notably, I have seen a burgeoning use of words like cu...
Sunday, March 12, 2023
An Italian wine lover's incessant love affair with (lithe and sexy) Trebbiano
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R ecently, the Italian wine producers have been hitting the road. Tre Bicchieri and Slow Wine road shows, along with an agglomeration of sma...
Sunday, March 05, 2023
Two white Sicilian wines that are worth seeking out
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W ith all the hubbub over local grapes these days, one can easily go down the rabbit hole in the Italian wine journey. Even once considered ...
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