Azerbaijan Wine Tasting Notes
This is a companion article to the Forbes articled titled Azerbaijan Angles To Distinguish Its Wines. The following tasting notes complement the notes in the Forbes article. A small scale…
Tasting Timorasso In Piemonte, Italy
The following wine tasting notes for 66 Timorasso white wines from the Piedmont region of Italy complements my Forbes article titled This Italian Grape That Almost Vanished Is Gaining Taste…
Tastings in Châteauneuf-du-Pape & Gigondas
News about Books, Videos and Social Media. My paperback book Vino Voices - Wine, Work, Life is still on sale (despite my not having marketed it) and includes interviews with…
Seafood On Italy’s Sorrento Peninsula
General. This post highlights meals eaten during a recent visit to the region around Naples in the Campania Region of Italy. More information on that visit and what to see…
Dining At The French Senate
Introduction. Recent Forbes articles cover the Wine Paris 2025 event, selected wines tasted during that event and more tastings from the 2022 vintage. Wine Paris 2025 - Movies, Majesty And…
Three Southern French Dinners With Minervois Wines
Part 1. Recent Writings & Videos. Here are three Forbes articles about selections of French and Italian wines, and an intimate but professional annual wine gathering in Montpellier. 12 Winter…
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 of daylight will now increase…
In The Land Of Syrah, Condrieu & Roman Mosaics
After enjoying a splendid Thanksgiving dinner with neighbors in southern France in November, I drove to the Northern Rhone Valley to sample wines and food. Climbing the vine covered Hill…
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. 2. Dinners and Wines in…
Life In A New Geography & Saturday Lunch
1. Moving. I spent about eight years living in a town outside of Bordeaux city in southwest France. It was a good life. Yet I moved to find another welcoming…