Once Upon a Time… The story of Giulio Ferrari and his winery is a fantastic tale. The kind of bedtime...
A cellar, especially in Trentino, is a reverent, worshipful space, full of mythology and stories. I like the quiet...
Ci vuole una birra. Sometimes, even in Barolo, you need a cold beer. We were road-weary and a little bedraggled...
Patience and Dolcetto (A continuation from my earlier post on San Fereolo…) It was 1999 when Nicoletta says she realized she...
This wine is a Love Story. That’s the first thing Camillo Favaro told me about his Syrah. A curious wine...
The Journey to San Fereolo It’s hard to know where to start. Remembering this afternoon at San Fereolo is like...
Giuseppe Vajra, Joanie Karapetian, Stan Frazier and Patton Penhallegon– sharing a deep love of Barolo. What is it about some...
Tom Hyland is one of the many uniquely qualified and talented wine pros in my life- a gentleman whose work...
I know sometimes it’s easy to dismiss social media as too impersonal, too detached, too sanitized even, to add up...
I have a passion for Champagne, thanks especially to Samantha Dugan in Southern California, who keeps my fridge stocked with...