Let me set the current scene here in New York, at 6 o'clock on a Friday evening. The skies are low, the rain is coming down so hard that even the scaffolding around our building gives no shelter, the rain...

Could this be the next big thing? Yesterday the cup of the U.S. news media was running over with the results of an extensive study by Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging. It offers pretty conclusive evidence...

After yesterday's post on resveratrol, Gabrio wrote that wine has all the vitamins. Not according to the Wine Pros, who list the percentage of daily requirements provided by a glass of wine of various types. The numbers are, unfortunately, miniscule....

Mi domando, cosa penserebbe Bruno Migliorini dello stato attuale dell'italiano? La bella lingua, la favella di Dante e di Petrarca, sta scivolando sott' un'ondata, no, uno tsunami di brutti neologismi, spesso dall'inglese, e spesso di parole che sono brutte anche...

Posted By Guest Author Katie Pizzuto I hate brussel sprouts, cabbage and black licorice...by default that includes sauerkraut, coleslaw, anisette and sambuca. Other than that, I’m pretty much game in this big beautiful epicurean world. And I never really gave...

By Guest Author Jeff Stai of  Twisted Oak Winery This is in response to the post at Pinotblogger titled "Blogs Are Porches ", I had to drive down to the Bay Area the other day. When I got back I flipped open the computer and saw (I swear): "Blogs Are Porsches". Porsches? What is the Pinotblogger saying? Are blogs racy and sexy, or are bloggers just overcompensating for some...

No, this isn't the same list I made for a recent posting in Italian. Not exactly, anyway. I have to tell you that it's hard to come back here, to the dreary, humid weather, to the reality of having spent...

Posted By Katie Pizzuto OK, kids, confession time again. No Barry Manilow, no Fluff...promise. I am a big fan of Oscar Wilde, and not simply for his body of literary work, but for saying the following words: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to ...

Any distributorship with a balanced, blueprinted engine will not be caught dead in the water. But those who rely on sleazy giveaway programs, under the counter deals, locked up wine lists, and phone call representation are like boats with a cheap engine; they won’t survive the choppy waters of real ...

Today’s news blip in Waste News has the American wine industry throwing confetti in the street: "Juanita Duggan will succeed W. Henson Moore as president of the American Forest & Paper Association." You might think this announcement a strange reason to celebrate, but for the past seven years Duggan, as ...