Wine and Food In The ‘Hapi’ Solomon Islands
Serah's Hideaway on Langa Langa Lagoon, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands OVERVIEW. It has been two months since I arrived in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to direct an…
Penfolds Shiraz & Vanuatu Grass Fed Beef
Penfolds Shiraz & Vanuatu Grass Fed Beef Roadside flowers First, check out my latest Forbes articles on five restaurants in southwest France and reviews of 124 wines from vintage 2020.…
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 a three day weekend which…
Paris Dinner With An Artist & Wine Merchant
Check out my latest Forbes articles here including—the 1855 classification of Burgundy soils, exploring Malaga city in Spain like a local, international sommeliers exploring Bordeaux, and sampling wines from Texas,…
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') car. Exploring Tuscan Wine Country…
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 images from words. Using two…
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 Italy, ready my Forbes piece…
Six Wine Meals In Sardinia
OVERVIEW. Check out my two Forbes posts on Sardinia here and here. We'll start off in the northeast along the Emerald Coast (Costa Smeralda), move to the northwest, then southwest…
Emilia-Romagna Food-Wine Concoctions
OVERVIEW. Emilia-Romagna is one of Italy's 20 regions, and is known for 'fast cars and slow food,' as well as some great wines. Check out my recent Forbes piece on…
Rome By Night
Coliseum at night INTRODUCTION. Welcome! First of all—check out my latest Forbes articles here. I will publish one in early July about Emiglia-Romagna wines of Italy, including tasting note for…