Northern & Southern Hemisphere Tastings …
2025 has kicked in. A New Year. So what is a ‘new year?’ Basically it’s the solstice—a celebration that days stop shortening and the amount
Italian Wine
Alta Langa Sparkling Wines From Piedmont, Italy
1. Forbes Articles. This piece matches an article I just published in Forbes titled How An Insult Created A Sparkling Wine Appellation In Piedmont, Italy.
Primi, Secondi & Vini On Italy’s Lake Garda
1. Overview. Lake Garda in northern Italy is the country’s largest lake, a glacial carved beautiful locale popular for visitors, water sports, food and wine.
Dinners & Wines in the U.S. Virgin Islands & A French Discovery
OVERVIEW. I was born on the island of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. The last time I was there was when I was seven
Parisian Wining & Dining
Wine Paris / VinExpo is a trade fair jam packed with winemakers from throughout the world. It’s also a venue for catching up. Starting the
Sizzling Good Sicilian Wine & Food
Here are images and notes from a recent trip to western Sicily. Tasting notes and more photos are at my Forbes piece titled Shifting Wine
Exploring Tuscany & Umbria
Happy Holidays and Entry into 2023! Check out my latest Forbes pieces here. OVERVIEW. This year I made several brief trips to Italy—most recently for
Tuscany – Food & Wine Fantasyland
The background for this post is included in a three part Forbes series I wrote about exploring Tuscany’s wine country in a Fiat 500 (‘cinquecento’)
Highland Wines Of Italy’s Val d’Aosta
OVERVIEW – We begin with Artificial Intelligence. I plugged the name of this blog post into the Wombo Dreams app—which generates unique, artificial intelligence created
Dishes Below The Dolomites
OVERVIEW. To learn more about the successful, quality driven wine cooperatives of Cantina Terlan and Cantina Andriano in the far northern Alto Adige region of
