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Andreotti dies & blows a last kiss from the 20th century
Andreotti (right) with Nixon in 1973. Image via the Wiki. “The great winemakers,” said my client Silvano “die during harvest or during Vinitaly,” Italy’s annual trade gat… more →
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Andreotti dies & blows a last kiss from the 20th century
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Andreotti (right) with Nixon in 1973. Image via the Wiki. “The great winemakers,” said m … more →
Montalcino a Marxist parable (thank you Harry Lime)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Above: Hamilton 90, the Boccaccio “autograph” manuscript, from the Staatsbibliothek in B … more →
Massacre in Bologna, living with terror since 1980
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wrote 1 month ago: Image via Fotografando Emily. My backlog of tasting notes, winemaker profiles, and food photography … more →
Angelo Gaja for president?
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wrote 1 month ago: Above: I took this photo of Angelo Gaja when I met with him in June 2012. He’s in his 70s and … more →
"The shield of the Alps between us and the Teutonic rage"
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wrote 1 month ago: That’s the view, above, that greets us every morning when we leave our apartment at the Villa … more →
Sexy hotel Franciacorta (WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES)
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wrote 1 month ago: Tracie P, Georgia P, and I landed early yesterday morning in Milan and made our way in our Alfa Rome … more →
Dante's crazy sheep and the Jew
wrote 2 months ago: Image via comprock’s Flckr. “Francesco Maiorca, 36, an actor, was hustling to catch a tr … more →
Back to Bunga Bunga? Berlusconi trails by less than half point
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wrote 2 months ago: The exit polls (here and here) that I’ve been watching show Berlusconi (center right) trailing … more →
Heated response to the Gambero Rosso (Red Lobster) controversy
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wrote 3 months ago: Above: Gamberoni in Castiglioncello, Tuscany, at Nonna Isola. Few remember that the Gambero Rosso mo … more →
Lunch at home with Maria Teresa Mascarello
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wrote 5 months ago: One of the highlights of my November trip to Italy was a lunchtime visit Giovanni and I made to the … more →
another journey to italy comes to an end
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wrote 5 months ago: I know, it’s insane. But I had to make a short trip to italy this weekend for a new client. I … more →
Georgia P lands in Venice
wrote 8 months ago: I can’t begin to describe the wave of emotion that Tracie P felt as we landed in Venice with G … more →
Revisiting my research on Vinsanto (Greek) vs. Vin Santo (Italian)
wrote 10 months ago: I’m taking a break from blogging for the next couple of days and so I thought I’d revisi … more →
Biondi Santi a cooperative winery?
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wrote 11 months ago: Alfonso weighed in yesterday with another earth-scorching post devoted to wines made “Under th … more →
Brunello, for better or worse (or how I learned to love the fruit bomb)
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wrote 11 months ago: Above: I recently asked legendary Tuscan enologist Carlo Ferrini (and historic consultant at Casanov … more →
A second earthquake devastates Emilia (remembering the Emilian Renaissance)
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wrote 11 months ago: Above: The Duomo in Mirandola had withstood the earthquake of May 20 but crumbled this morning in a … more →
Parmigiano Reggiano producers selling earthquake-damaged cheese
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wrote 12 months ago: Photo via ControLaCrisi.org. According to a report by the Italian news agency ANSA, Parmgiano Reggia … more →
Why Restaurants Matter (the bourgeois social compact) @EatingOurWords
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wrote 1 year ago: Above: I spent an obscene amount of money taking Tracie P out to dinner at the Tour d’Argent i … more →
Radikon, my visit to Oslavia
wrote 1 year ago: Heading to Los Angeles today where I’ll be working the floor (introducing our summer wine list … more →
