Rosanna, Rosanna! @omcwines
"All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight. Rosanna, Rosanna"
Champagne-style Nebbiolo. Are you salivating yet?
I tasted Ettore Germano's "Rosanna" Brut Rose for the first time...
Lou’s Four Wine Commandments for Thanksgiving
Central Italy (Centro Italia), Emilia Romagna, Friuli, Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Trentino- Alto Adige, Wine Bars (Enoteche), Wine Shops (Negozi di Vino)
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A few wines for our Thanksgiving Feast 2012... I hope Lou approves!
I love Thanksgiving- a truly American holiday where we get together to cook, eat, and drink (and drink, and drink, and drink). I just ...
Warning: Terroir Threat Level Orange @aiselections @StVincentSF
David Lynch @StVincentSF, photo by Levi Dalton @Levi_Opens_Wine
I'm on my way to one of my favorite cities in the world- San Francisco. Benjamin Zidarich, one of the most wonderful human beings ever to put wine...
Come Taste the Magic @winehouseLA #EnzoBrezza
What an amazing couple of days. Enzo Brezza is in town, showcasing his heart-stopping wines. Come by the Wine House tonight and taste for yourself- this is pure Nebbiolo Magic.
Enzo, looking happy wi...
Go where the Joy is. @paoloscavino
Lino Scavino, relaxing on one of his many dog beds at the Paolo Scavino winery...
I was having a rough time this morning, trying to generate something worthwhile here. And then I remembered, I can always go b...
Vini Estremi: Extreme Wines from Valle d’Aosta
The view from IAR's Cossan Vineyard. Now that's EXTREME!
I am "re-blogging" part of an article we wrote for the AI Selections Blog today, to introduce one of our newest, and most exciting producers, the Instit...
Into the Wild. Into Val D’Ossola.
Sometimes when I travel I find that I am so assaulted with the newness of things, that it takes me a few weeks- even a few months- to truly begin to assimilate what I have learned. That said, I am finally star...
Fresh Pasta Truck? Genius. Cascina Luisin Barbera? Naturally!
With all the (sometimes questionable) food trucks bumping around Los Angeles these days, I saw one concept parked just outside of Barbaresco's ancient city walls that really resonated with me- a local pasta-mak...
Well, that’s one way to get around the vineyards…
We found this guy saddling up in Monferrato in front of some Grignolino vines. Not a bad way to get up and down those steep, muddy hillsides.
Yep, I'm ready to move to Piemonte now. I wonder if tho...
Choose Wine, Poetry or Virtue. @AISelections #Brezza
Enzo Brezza, at Centro Storico in Serralunga, satisfied and content with the fruits of his labor. (This is the face of the unmistakable, delirious, happy fatigue at the end of harvest.)
We have the following s...