Before Roman Wine? A Land Called Etruria…
First… My latest Forbes pieces are here and concern women winemakers embracing offbeat thinking, an Australian changing Bordeaux’s wine scene, and the mother/daughter winemaker story
Spanish Wine
Summer White Wines From The Azores And Japan
Three Topics This Week: Book Azores Islands in the mid-Atlantic Denis Dubourdieu memorial wine tasting (Japanese, Spanish, French and Italian wines featured) The Cookbook –
DOUBLE ISSUE: Wealth, Wine And Possible New App
I had the good fortune to meet and speak with Baroness de Rothschild last week, and found her energetic, colorful, determined and endlessly curious.
Pairing Wine With Kangaroo To Celebrate A Cookbook
Of inventive cuisines developing in the world now, one is a beautiful fusion of Basque and Latin American food. I covered this topic in a
Alternative Agriculture For Wine and Food
Flickering fire flames, downy snowflakes, brutal temperatures…And glasses filled with full-bodied red wine to provide comfort and ward off the deep chill of winter.
Lose Weight Through…Cooking and Drinking Wine?
This is bizarre. As in – unexpected. Here’s the story. My weight stabilized and reduced, almostThis is bizarre. As in – unexpected. Here’s the story.
‘Vin de Garage’ in Northern California
Some friends, known since youth, joined gangs, fraternities, rotary clubs, professional associations or workers unions. A few became “garagistes.” According to French lore, garagistes, or
Spanish Intrigue and Austrian Appetizer
During the past months a lovely Spanish neighbor has gifted me twice with fare from her home country: Salamanque ham and bottles of unfiltered wine
Raclette and Wine in the Pyrenees
Here in the French Pyrenees ski town of Cauterets, seven kilometers from the border with Spain, there may be little snow, but there is ample
Life Advice from the World of Wine…
People shared the following wisdom – not about wine, but about life – during conversations for my book Vino Voices (now in paperback). “People work for
