Sweet Heavenly Fire – Grappa

December 13, 2021

One evening after a filling dinner, I searched my liquor cabinet for a ”digestivo”. Amaro or Grappa – a difficult …

Corked Wine

November 15, 2021

This weekend I had the opportunity to share a bottle of “corked wine” with my guests while hosting a wine …

October 18, 2021

This is such a horrible story that it is hard to believe. RAI (Italian news agency) reports that four men …

September 17, 2021

This morning I awake in New Jersey as I do most days and my golfing buddies would say “it’s a …

June 9, 2021

Celebrating the recent purchase of my beach home with a magnum of Veuve Cliquot champagne got me wondering how champagne …

May 25, 2021

This week marks the 45th anniversary of a landmark event in the wine world. The Judgment in Paris 1976 was …

March 14, 2021

Watching the CNN series Searching Italy I never expected political rhetoric in a food show – but in today’s toxic …