Archive for March, 2009

My new Wine Cellar

I started collecting wine in 1987, it was sort of a novelty at the time for me, which in turn grew to become my passion. The hardest part of starting my wine collection was the first fifty bottles. I would reach about twenty bottles of wine, have a dinner party, invite friends over and then [...]

Why I love going to Vin Italy

Every spring I take the Pilgrimage to Verona for Vin Italy. A five day Wine Fair for the Industry that features over forty-three hundred wineries pouring over one hundred thousand different wines. The fair is a complete test of will, the temptation to want to taste everything in sight is almost overwhelming. I have to [...]

I love Wines from Southern Italy

We always think of Tuscany when we think of Italian Wine, sometimes we think of Barolo, maybe even Amarone. What we don’t traditionally think of is wine from the southern part of Italy. The interesting thing is, many producers from Tuscany and Northern Italy are now purchasing vineyards in Southern Italy and producing fantastic wines [...]