Driving A Counterclockwise Spiral Through Southwest France – Part lll
[This is the last of a three part series about a recent journey. French words are italicized; some, not all, are translated.] This post is a few weeks overdue... PART…
Driving A Counterclockwise Spiral Through Southwest France – Part II
[This is the second of a three part series about a recent short journey. Part I is here, and Part III will come out next week. French words are italicized;…
Driving A Counterclockwise Spiral Through Southwest France
[This is the first of a three part series about a recent journey. Parts two and three will come out next week and the week after. French words are italicized;…
Missouri Wine Has A Long History
Recent Forbes posts I've written are about wines from Sicily and Puglia, as well as from Prosecco country in northern Italy. There is also a review of a lively new…
A Quick Spin Through North, East and Southern Europe
Summer is in full gear, and wines are flowing. There have been few posts in the past month, as I was traveling a bit to northern, eastern and southern Europe.…
Quirks And Qualities Of Life In France
First a bit of news - weeks ago I had the fortune to be invited to Abruzzo in Italy to receive an international wine writing award (‘Parole di Vino,’ or…
Photo Splurge – Canary Islands and Madrid Countryside
It's been awhile since posting - mostly due to travel. This post will include only recent images taken on the Canary Islands as well in the countryside around Madrid. Recent…
Bordeaux Jewels Of Wine And Life
The region where I live in France is a sizable, though little known, portion of Bordeaux (technically and administratively known, basically, as the 'Gironde Département') where wine prices are reasonable,…
Pinerolese Wine From Italy’s Alps
Welcome to the Italian Alps.... First, however, I want to let you know that my recent Forbes pieces are here. They include an article about Txakoli wine from the Basque country, about…
Highland Wine from Bhutan
This post is overdue. I've traveled for a few weeks, some of which is covered in recent Forbes posts. A highlight was attending the inauguration of the reincarnated next spiritual…