Category Archives: Wine

Tasting 100 of Italy’s best wines

Posted on 9 April 2013 by

While Vinitaly is the most important wine event on the Italian calendar, the most memorable part of the action-packed week (if talking and tasting wine can be considered action) actually takes place the day before the trade fair begins. The … Continue reading →

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Sassicaia, Ornellaia and …

Posted on 27 March 2012 by

Imagine for a second a wine tasting with Sassicaia, Ornellaia and too many other Super Tuscans to count, nine Brunellos, 13 Barolos, and several world class sparkling wines to rival champagne. Oh yeah, and Gaja’s Barbaresco and six Amarones. That … Continue reading →

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Eating the Unthinkable, and the Wonderful

Posted on 21 December 2011 by

I’ve just returned from a place that uses $50 bottles of wine to cook beef for hours at a time, eats raw meat with the same gusto as the French, uses butter liberally, has almost no idea what olive oil … Continue reading →

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Counting Down to the Mother of All (Italian) Wine Tastings

Posted on 30 November 2011 by

Until just a few years back, come early December I’d begin counting down the days until Christmas as I imagined all the great gifts that awaited me. The anticipation has faded in correlation with a drop off in gifts, both … Continue reading →

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