Amstel-dam
Because it is a sometimes misty April and the tulips are in bloom- strong reds and yellows and blues- subtle in their design, absent of scent. And if you’re tulip-loving me, and living… Continue reading
Yearly Archive: 2012
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Not Your Grandmother’s Wine
Well, it actually is. Or my grandmother’s, at least. The wine being Brachetto d’Aqui DOCG. Brachetto is a grape that has been grown in the clayey marly soil of northwest Italy Piemonte, specifically… Continue reading
Subterranean Style
Whenever I think of cellars, Edgar Allen Poe’s morbid tale, The Cask of Amontillado, comes to mind. You know, the one where Montresor buries Fortunato alive in a pocket of his palazzo catacombs.… Continue reading
Au Naturel
Have you heard of nature deficit disorder? Usually mentioned in relation to kids these days growing up with a lack of dirt-digging and tree-climbing…it’s a real thing, or so the docs say. Consider me… Continue reading
Brown Bag that Bottle
Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand and says: don’t you see? Got to make it somehow on the dreams you still believe. Don’t give it up; you’ve got an… Continue reading
Money Ain’t A Thang
Wine will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no wine. -Hippies It doesn’t matter if you make a bagillion dollars or play the… Continue reading
Sacred Stuff- Antonelli San Marco
In the hills of central Italy’s Umbria grows the most tannic grape in the world. The grape is called Sagrantino, the area is called Montefalco, the soil is full of fossils. Wines from… Continue reading
Peace, Presidents, Picolit
Having a weekend full of presidential-like greatness? Drinking anything interesting? I hope so! Get crazy, try something you’ve never heard of, why not… This past Friday I tasted some pretty cool wines at… Continue reading
That’s Amore!
A few snippets for the loved, loving, and lovers alike. From Gourmet- The Magazine of Good Living . February 1986 . $2.50 There’s another clear moral to this tale, now that I think about it:… Continue reading
Won’t you be my…Pelaverga?
When it comes to Valentine’s day I am usually a big believer in the whole love is actually all around us thing- from the stranger who holds a heavy door, to the pup… Continue reading
Have a Big Blue Weekend
A few interesting things I came across while wine web surfing this week. Surfing, haha…righteous. Alfonso Cevola ponders the current state of Italian wine, asking all of the important questions. Beautifully worded. Awesomely… Continue reading
We Will Be Ephemeral
Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Bridge is covered with literature- stickered, markered, painted, sprayed- advertisements, advice, outbursts of rage, romantic proclamations. My amusement during morning runs, as though the rippling East River, Domino Sugar factory sign,… Continue reading
Winter Rosé
I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. -Emma Goldman You mean rosés, right? Right! Rosé…so not just a summertime thing. I find pretty pink wine to be one… Continue reading
In a Writer’s Glass
Pairing wine with literary greats…I think about these things. I think about a lot of things. Most are pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme. But, then again, who created the scheme anyway? Hunter… Continue reading
“As Simple As That…”
January is Mentor Month! I really like the word mentor, because when I speak it in my mind I think of my Dee Dee telling me about her “5 Great Mentors” and everything… Continue reading