San Diego Wine Geek
I write a lot about Italian wine, but I am also fortunate to be based in a great American wine-producing region: California. I live in the southern half of the state, where (aside from Santa Barbara), most peo...
Grandma Lorraine will teach you a lot about wine.
I am Italian by ethnicity on my father's side of the family. Grandma Lorraine is his mother, my Calabrese nonna. She'll remind you she's Calabrese too- anytime it's convenient. Mostly when she's being stubbo...
In Vino Veritas
Just in case there was any doubt... In Vino Veritas.
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What is Italian for “badass?”
While touring around California and Las Vegas last week with Fabio Motta of the Michele Satta estate in Bolgheri, we communicated in our frantic mash-up of English, Italian, and occasionally sign language.
Fab...
Benvenuto in Italia, San Diego!
Walking into BiCE in San Diego is like being transported to a restaurant in Milano. Slick glass and stainless steel slash through the decor. Calming whites are sedate next to shiny black surfaces and pops of b...
Baci, San Diego. An Italian-American Classic
Nothing embodies the spirit of the true Italian-American tradition in the US more than our country's Italian-owned restaurants. There is a general warmth, familiarity and good, authentic cooking that fills eac...
Ricci di Mare. Thank you, San Diego.
I am always so incredibly impressed with the local seafood in Southern California. This sea urchin ("ricci di mare") was sourced off the cliffs of La Jolla, just minutes from where we scooped it out of the sh...