When a restaurant names itself after a relatively obscure acronym like SPQR, which stands for Senatus Populesque Romanus (“The People and...
Last night I represented Cantina Terlano at the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting in San Francisco. It was a...
Trust me when I say I love my work. I have had other jobs before, outside of the wine industry,...
Yanni’s is one of those places all the locals know about but don’t like to reveal to the out-of-towners. You...
When you think of Piemonte, you probably (logically) think Nebbiolo. However, Piemonte is home to a number of ancient varietals...
Yes, that painting of a suave gentleman in a white dinner jacket holding a monkey is captioned with (in French,...
Recently I had a very unique Las Vegas experience. (Image borrowed from The Maven Report.) No, not that kind....
Dal Forno Romano Valpolicella, 2003 I had been saving this wine for a special occasion- this is expensive stuff- definitely...
I have always loved Italian amari (plural of amaro), lovely bitter, sometimes sweet, other time savory, digestives. There’s something refreshing...
Verona’s Piazza delle Erbe A lot of my personal and professional life is immersed in Italian wine- it is what I do...