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1971 Monsecco (Gattinara) and Rock ‘n’ Roll Baby G
A couple of my favorite rock stars were over on Friday night, to meet Georgia P and to share a special bottle of a wine. The 1971 Gattinara Monsecco by Conte Ravizza was vinified the same year that Da… more →
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1971 Monsecco (Gattinara) and Rock 'n' Roll Baby G
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wrote 1 year ago: A couple of my favorite rock stars were over on Friday night, to meet Georgia P and to share a speci … more →
The ugly beauty of Italy
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wrote 1 year ago: Happily and thankfully, I made it back to Austin last night (on my last two trips back from Europe, … more →
Soave and summer farro salad make a bleak world seem brighter
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wrote 1 year ago: Tracie P really outdid herself yesterday night for our dinner, making a gorgeous summer farro salad … more →
Natura morta and Pinot Grigio
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wrote 1 year ago: In Italian, still life is called natura morta, literally, dead nature, in other words, inanimate nat … more →
Pairing wine with Fellini
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wrote 2 years ago: You can imagine how excited I am about tomorrow night’s screening of Fellini’s 1957 Nott … more →
The periphery of my soul...
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wrote 2 years ago: “I don’t know why but I had never been to the place where Pasolini was killed… … more →
My baby loves her some Venice!
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wrote 2 years ago: Can you think of anything more enjoyable in the world than wondering aimlessly in Venice on a sun-fi … more →
Vogliatevi bene... Love one another...
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wrote 2 years ago: My friend Marisa from Friuli, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday, wrote me the sweetest holid … more →
Mario Monicelli, Italian cinema giant, free at last
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wrote 2 years ago: One of the greatest artists of the last and current centuries, Italian film director Mario Monicelli … more →
Indisputably Natural in San Diego: Cornelissen, Dettori, López de Heredia
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wrote 2 years ago: N.B.: Jaynes Gastropub does allow corkage, for a reasonable fee, for wines not offered on their wine … more →
Welcome back trotter and other idioblogs
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wrote 2 years ago: Folks often send me images of what they’re eating, cooking, or drinking. I call them idioblogs … more →
PLEASE do not say BABY BRUNELLO! And hypertextual blog love
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wrote 2 years ago: Above: Sangiovese 2010 at Le Presi. Do Bianchi is by no means a “rant blog” so let me pu … more →
Security cam photo
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wrote 2 years ago: Just had to post this photo, taken by an airport security agent using my camera on Sunday morning in … more →
Daybreak in Montalcino (Castelnuovo dell'Abate)
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wrote 2 years ago: Here’s what daybreak looks like from the apartment where I’ve been staying in Castelnuov … more →
Soldera 03 Riserva and dinner at Il Silene
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wrote 2 years ago: Had the opportunity to chat and to taste some amazing wines with Gianfranco Soldera yesterday (but m … more →
Bellissima: an Italian cinema great has left us
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wrote 2 years ago: Comrade H brought the news to my attention over the weekend. Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d … more →
I Am Love (I Am Cinema) and good things we eat and drink
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wrote 2 years ago: Above: Over the weekend, Tracie P made cabbage leaves stuffed with shredded pork and rice and then b … more →
Debut of my new band THE GRAPES (and New England giant bluefin tuna)
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wrote 2 years ago: From the “man cannot live by wine alone” department… Above: The Grapes, me on guit … more →
$1 oysters and zero sulfur Garganega? Hell YEAH!
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wrote 2 years ago: According to its website, La Biancara’s 100% Garganega “Pico” is 100% sulfur free. … more →
