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      The Distinguished Gentleman... Keeping it Classy, San Francisco

      Joanie Karapetian
      May 15, 2012
      Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Restaurants (Ristoranti)
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      Joanie Karapetian
      October 28, 2014
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      October 14, 2014
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      I'm not a Barman, I'm a Hero.

      Joanie Karapetian
      April 6, 2013
      Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
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      Joanie Karapetian
      January 19, 2015
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      Joanie Karapetian
      January 9, 2014
      2

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      Joanie Karapetian
      November 25, 2013
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      Joanie Karapetian
      November 18, 2013
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      Choose Wine, Poetry or Virtue. @AISelections #Brezza

      Joanie Karapetian
      October 23, 2013
      4

    • How @TedGlennon almost became the Mayor of Alba.

      Joanie Karapetian
      September 9, 2013
      11
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      Wine Geek Excellence Sighting: Del Mar, CA

      Joanie Karapetian
      August 17, 2011
      Outside of Italy (Fuori Italia), Toscana, Wine Bars (Enoteche), Wine Shops (Negozi di Vino)
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      Joanie Karapetian
      January 31, 2015
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      Joanie Karapetian
      March 21, 2014
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      Joanie Karapetian
      February 6, 2014
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      Joanie Karapetian
      November 25, 2013
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      Joanie Karapetian
      November 15, 2013
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On G.D. Vajra and How I Fell in Love with Italian Wine.

Joanie Karapetian
August 27, 2015
Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
1
Giuseppe Vajra, Joanie Karapetian, Stan Frazier and Patton Penhallegon- sharing a deep love of Barolo. What is it about some wines that endears them so quickly to your heart and so indelibly to your frame of r...

Take me where I can see the Mountains. #valdossola #prünent

Joanie Karapetian
August 1, 2014
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Restaurants (Ristoranti)
2
A view of Val d'Ossola in Piemonte. Wines are emotional for me- some more than others.   Cantine Garrone makes some of the most potent wines I know- effectively pulling at my heartstrings anytime I taste them. ...

Everybody wants to be Italian. @LeMetroWine @TheWineDad

Joanie Karapetian
March 21, 2014
California, Outside of Italy (Fuori Italia), Wine Shops (Negozi di Vino)
2
Special Delivery:  It's a happy day when this shows up on your front porch! I was really flattered when my friend Aaron Epstein asked me to help him with a project he started a few months ago: Le Metro. Wine. ...

The Story of Barbaresco and the Feather. @Luisa_Rocca @winehouseLA

Joanie Karapetian
February 6, 2014
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Shops (Negozi di Vino)
5
  My Lucky Day... I climbed the stairs to the tasting area at the Wine House yesterday morning for my appointment with the legendary Lance Montalto (Italian Wine Yoda), and had to do a double-take.  Ther...

Give me Nebbiolo… Or Give me Death! @aiselections #damminebbiolo

Joanie Karapetian
January 9, 2014
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
2
The shirt says it all.  "Dammi Nebbiolo.  OR GIVE ME DEATH!"     David Weitzenhoffer, owner of AI Selections, and his friend, Alessio Cighetti (owner of the Vinoteca Centro Storico in Serralunga). &...
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Well, that’s one way to get around the vineyards…

Joanie Karapetian
October 24, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
3
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...
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Best Restaurant in Piemonte? It’s almost in Switzerland…

Joanie Karapetian
October 18, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Restaurants (Ristoranti)
6
I think I may have just had the best meal of my life.  It happened in a one of the northern-most parts of Italy, truly on the Swiss border, in a town called Domodossola, at La Stella Ristorante.  This place is ...
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I’m coming home…

Joanie Karapetian
October 11, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
12
I'm sitting in LAX this morning at 5am.  I am exhausted and I probably need another cup of coffee.  But underneath it all I can feel myself re-charging.  I'm going home. Every time, since the very first time...

How @TedGlennon almost became the Mayor of Alba.

Joanie Karapetian
September 9, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
11
Let me set the stage for you.  A couple of Chinese wine importers and a few American wine writers and sommeliers walk into a bar.  No, this is not the beginning of a bad joke, it's the beginning of the story of...
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Roman Holiday

Joanie Karapetian
September 27, 2012
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Restaurants (Ristoranti)
1
My favorite discovery from my last trip to Seattle was a new restaurant from Ethan Stowell, proudly waving the flag for regional Italian cuisine. Roman cuisine, specifically.  Rione XIII is inspired by Trastev...
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