Recently there have been several articles about new/improved wine shops in New York. Dr. Vino did one, as did Eric Asimov. (Actually, Asimov has done several.)These shops all share one pleasing characteristic: no screaming shelf talkers or scores posted...

This is not rocket science.It doesn't matter if you use native varieties or international ones. Is the wine any good? There's no need to split off into factions.It's cooking. Wine and food. Food and wine.Pictured: Natalie Katic of Empson USA...

Monday I drove back up to the northern part of Abruzzo, near the boundary with Le Marche, where the land and the towns have a more prosperous and polished look than the area around Alanno. There's something about the feel...

Last evening I was able to catch the fast-moving Gianpaolo Paglia for a drink at Veritas, before he had to leave for another city on his US tour. This rising star of the Maremma has been given some excellent publicity...

Mi ha segnalato Elisabetta Tosi che un'amica, Egle Armani dell'azienda Albino Armani, sta per venire a New York per una degustazione al 19 settembre. Anticipo questo incontro non solo perche' mi manca il contatto con l'Italia (e con i vinaioli...

Several days ago I wrote a quickie about a ripasso from the Verona area, Zeni Costalago, which is made from 100% Corvinone. I mentioned that it didn't seem very ripasso-like to me, although it was a pleasant everyday sort of...

I was very excited. Egle Armani, of the wine-producing Armanis of northeastern Italy, was going to be at a tasting in SoHo. I was anticipating my first taste of a grape that the Armanis have just about single-handedly rescued from...

Monday, August 14 In our short but vivid experience of Verona, I think Ken will agree with me that the generosity and kindness of Stefano and Giampiero (l to r in photo) sum everything up for us. Maybe it's something...

We got to Naples last evening about 6 o'clock. A big change from Verona in every possible way -- weather (from heavy rain and cool temperatures to sultry heat), apparent wealth (from a kind of glossy, well-maintained prosperity to dirty...

Se non l'avete gia' letto, cliccate per leggere un bellissimo articolo di Ziliani sui vini dei fratelli Trevisani. Bravo, Franco. Allora, una domanda diretta all'etere...perche' non meritano i Trevisani una riga nella Gambero Rosso 2006, almeno nella parte a parte...