Now that we’re all comfortably sitting at home, doing our best to save the world by watching movies and trying not to drink all of the booze too soon, you might be looking for a few more things to consume for your mental benefit, as well. To that end, I’m contributing to the Magazine section…
Category: learning wine
Certifiably Certifiable (Talking Wine Certifications For SevenFifty Daily)
I was recently asked by my friend Lana Bortolot for a quick interview, to help contribute to a piece she was writing about the value (or lack thereof) of certifications in the wine biz. Lana’s work has subsequently been published in a well-researched and well-considered article, SevenFifty Daily’s Guide to Wine Education. My dime-store-level philosophizing…
Like A True Nature’s Child (Exploring The Wildness Of Grignolino)
My latest article for the online celebration of all things vinous in Monferrato, MyNameIsBarbera.com, is now available; and in it, I explore the born-to-be-wildness of one of Italy’s most unsung fine wine grapes, Grignolino. If you’ve never tried a good Grignolino before, you’re un-enviably currently missing out, but are enviably in for a real treat…
Moonwalking With The Original King Of Pop Wines (Exploring Barbera d’Asti For MyNameIsBarbera.com)
The latest episode in the Barbera: In The Glass series is now live at MyNameIsBarbera.com, and in it I continue my conversation with Vinchio and Vaglio‘s Tessa Donadieu. This time, we focus on the next “level” of the Barbera quality pyramid in Monferrato (which, as I have written before, I don’t think is a “pyramid”…
