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FOOD & WINE: don’t throw away those chalky, red veined BEET LEAVES!
Sara, lovely wife mine, was the first to turn me to these wonders, which for years I’ve been throwing away. She usually steams the leaves tender, then adds her daily magic elixir of olio d’oliva extra...
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Cement will be Wet with Roerian Nebbiolo
Sometimes dreams do come true, and, about a month ago, Mike Foulk and I were tasting with Mario Roagna from Val del Prete his bevy of goods. Mario is a biodynamic farmer with more wild flowers between...
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Imperial Tuscan Shrooms: Ovuli (Amanita Caesarea)
I watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi last night and meet with my Tuscan mushroom and truffle guy this morning. I’ve been searching for freshly picked Ovuli mushrooms for months; they are now in season and...
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Lambrusco: 5 Long Years of Searching…
Finally, after searching for that crystalline freshness and tweaked Framboise, I found a Lambrusco di Sorbara that rocks. Don’t get me wrong, I still love Venturini Baldini, but this is to try for all...
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L’Avvelenata / The Poisoned: Walter Massa’s Freisa in Damigiana
L’Avvelenata / The Poisoned: Walter Massa’s Freisa in Damigiana “Fucking contadini,” Walter once yelled at me “don’t care about great bottles of wine and even less for their territorio.” He also told...
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Le Vigne di Alice Wins Espresso’s Prosecco dell’Anno
The much (more than Rambero Rosso) respected 2013 guide of L’Espresso gave Alice PROSECCO DELL’ANNO for the .G, and a STELLA ROSSA to the winery for overall elevated quality. The Brut ‘Doro’ took...
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manfredi GUCCIONE passes away…
Two brothers started the azienda GUCCIONE, Francesco and Manfredi, from their family’s land in the hills south of Palermo. Before them, not much was going on in the way of small farmers bringing...
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NEW PRODUCER: Cascina Fornace (from the piemonte nascosto of Santo Stefano...
As you all know, Mark has a soft place in his heart for all things, people and places Roerian. We found this producer recently, and Mark and I just looked at each other in silence after tasting his...
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The Water is Wide… and Deep
Most of us who come to love wine in a significant and sustained way have a story to tell about when the light bulb went on. Not the “Aha! I’ve figured this out!” moment, but: “I’ve got to know more...
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Donnas gets some love in NYT: Treasure of the Alps
It’s a shame that PV has Donnas for the whole US except NY and we didn’t get listed. I would think that the NYT has a large readership of folks like me who don’t live in NYC....
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