Buongiorno Amici, Sicily's Mt Etna has exploded.....no, not a volcanic eruption, which is very possible for this still active cauldron. Rather, the renewed interest and investment that has taken place [ READ MORE]
Bonjour aux amateurs de la Bourgogne! I too often hear people bemoan the lack of value to be found in Burgundy, that it is an overpriced minefield whose true beauty [ READ MORE]
Chateauneuf du Pape is the emblematic royalty of the Southern Rhone. Within its large appellation acreage, there are many house styles and microclimactic differences that connoisseurs are recognizing in increasing [ READ MORE]
San Gimignano rising out of the mist Buongiorno agli amici della vigna, Nestled in the Tuscan hills between Firenze and Siena, just outside of the idyllic medieval hilltop town of [ READ MORE]
Buongiorno tutti! In reflecting upon today's introduction, it reminds me of how Life has a funny way of unfolding sometimes.......destiny's cards are dealt, and we play our hand. [ READ MORE]
Bonjour les amis du vin, This is an image of the heart of Savigny les Beaune of Burgundy's Cote de Beaune. Map of Savigny The purple colored parcels are village level [ READ MORE]
Bonjour et joyeuses fetes a tout le monde! Of the growers that I work with, there are a few elder statesmen whose depth of knowledge/experience, serene grace, stirringpresence, and masterful [ READ MORE]
Bonjour mes amis, Imagine, if you will, that it's the middle of the night in a sleepy alpine hamlet, the moon and stars shining brightly down upon the surrounding mountains. [ READ MORE]
Bonjour aux amis du vin, I first met Jean-Michel Deiss about 7 years ago. I had heard a great many things about this controversial inconoclast, but had very little hands [ READ MORE]
Bonjour a tout le monde, There is only one Cote Rotie. The "roasted slope" of the Northern Rhone is defined by its schist soils (flaky limestone and granite), STEEP terrain, [ READ MORE]
