I have what I hope to be an inspiring response to a recent tag floating around in my head, but since I’ve been swamped at work and with writing and rewriting my wine column, it hasn’t actually materialized. In the meantime, here’s a video promoting Martella wines, direct from the fruitbasket of labor from the best friend’s visit back in December...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Neal Mollen Post Time: 03-28-2007 at 11:34 AM

Was at the New Zealand annual tasting at Lord's this afternoon, where among other things I spent some time chatting with famous cinemato- grapher and wine producer Michael Seresin. Seresin first left New Zealand in the late 1960s for Italy, and it was a real culture shock. 'How people lived was opposite to how I'd lived in New Zealand', he recalls. After a spell in the UK, he moved back to Italy...

Posted by Melissa McCall: A BIG Happy Birthday to Michael Alberty, who turned ---not fifty--- today...

Acclaimed beer writer Michael Jackson has died at the age of 65. "He was simply the best beer writer we've ever known," said Tim Hampson, chairman of the British Guild of Beer Writers. "He told wonderful stories about beer, breweries and far away places. He told the story of beer through people ... the North American microbrewery movement. More on New York Times UPDATE: Friends of Michael Jackson...

A New York pioneer of Greek wine and food

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