One of my favorite local wine guys, Michael Young, is also one of my favorite chefs. In a past life...
I picked up this bottle of Prosecco from Venegazzù Montelvini and studied the label carefully. “DOCG Asolo” was written clearly, and...
Joanie Karapetian
Islands (Isole)Northern Italy (Italia Nord)PiemonteRegions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)SardegnaVeneto
1This is a very important question: What does a winemaker drink, when she’s not drinking her own wine?...
Being in Perugia during the holiday season is pure magic. This ancient town, precariously clinging to the side of a...
Joanie Karapetian
Central Italy (Centro Italia)Northern Italy (Italia Nord)PiemonteRegions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)Restaurants (Ristoranti)ToscanaVeneto
2My company, Banville & Jones, sponsored an Italian Wine Tasting a few weeks ago at A16 in San Francisco. Our winemakers came from Italy...
This morning I am off to Las Vegas with the Banville & Jones winemakers tour. San Francisco’s event yesterday was...
If there’s one Italian tradition I love the most, it has to be the ritual evening “passeggiata”. Fare un passeggiata...
It’s easy to become jaded when you taste enough wine. It all begins to fade together in varying shades from acceptable to...
Le Thai, a new Thai place downtown in Las Vegas, piqued our curiosity, and prompted us to wander in for...
Joanie Karapetian
LombardiaNorthern Italy (Italia Nord)Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)Restaurants (Ristoranti)Trentino- Alto AdigeVeneto
2Is it boring to write about parkling wine during the week before New Year’s Eve? I would argue emphatically NO...