A Four Colored Menu For Writers
First, my recent Forbes articles are titled Why Wine Writing Is Tricky, and Cape Town, Puglia, Provence and Bordeaux Wines to Taste This Fall. Now, art, wine and penmanship. When…
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 Trends in Sicily. 1. DISHES…
Wine & Plates Near The Pyrenees
INTRODUCTION. Check out my lastest Forbes posts, which include: Wine Is The Secret Of This Year's Tuscany Street Food Winners Her French Wine Bar is So Homey That Some Customers…
Minervois & Saint Chinian Wines And Food
INTRODUCTION. An introduction to the Minervois and Saint-Chinian wine regions of southern France, and notes on tasting several wines, is included in this Forbes article I just published, titled The…
Greek Wine & Food In Singapore
While returning, recently, from the Solomon Islands to France, the flight from Port Moresby in New Guinea was delayed, causing me to miss my connecting flight in Singapore to Dubai.…
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…