I finally have pictures of my latest study in wine. The title is 'View from the Studio on Vaclavkova' and shows part of my view over the railway line. The picture is made up of 12 multi-coloured pieces of Indian hand made paper. The picture was sketched in red wine. ...

This Chianti was a classic indeed. Bearing the old vertical, Swiss Bank Note style label (a lot more interesting than the very classy current sepia version), my 1998 Badia, made from a 50-hectare vineyard on an estate bought by Piero Antinori in 1987 , was brought out to celebrate an anniversary - and it was worth it. Right from the opening, the wine showed well, with a nice, full garnet color...

... and tomato sandwich served on toasted white bread. The crudo was also excellent and the sepia-ink...

... stylish sepia-toned dining room now provides the perfect backdrop for showcasing gorgeous images from...

One can find God in the strangest of places – the graceful curves of the moebius, the intricate simplicity of a leaf, or, funnier still, an old-school izakaya on the fringes of Tokyo. Picture it – the entire establishment the size of a studio apartment, sepia-tinted light and beer posters tugging you back toward the 60s. In front of me sat a copy of E.L. Doctorow’s City of God , our reason...

One can find God in the strangest of places – the graceful curves of the moebius, the intricate simplicity of a leaf, or, funnier still, an old-school izakaya on the fringes of Tokyo. Picture it – the entire establishment the size of a studio apartment, sepia-tinted light and beer posters tugging you back toward the 60s. In front of me sat a copy of E.L. Doctorow’s City of God , our reason...

One can find God in the strangest of places – the graceful curves of the moebius, the intricate simplicity of a leaf, or, funnier still, an old-school izakaya on the fringes of Tokyo. Picture it – the entire establishment the size of a studio apartment, sepia-tinted light and beer posters tugging you back toward the 60s. In front of me sat a copy of E.L. Doctorow’s City of God , our reason...

One can find God in the strangest of places – the graceful curves of the moebius, the intricate simplicity of a leaf, or, funnier still, an old-school izakaya on the fringes of Tokyo. Picture it – the entire establishment the size of a studio apartment, sepia-tinted light and beer posters tugging you back toward the 60s. In front of me sat a copy of E.L. Doctorow’s City of God , our reason...

Unbeknownst to me, Bearboat Pinot Noir has been around a while. An unknown commodity to me when it arrived a couple of months ago in Nashville, I was destined to gravitate towards it. After all, it has all the pieces of the puzzle I'm looking for.First, I like the label. It's smack dab in the middle of classic and tongue-in-cheek, with its engraved quality, somewhat sepia tones, and the humorous...