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Pinot Grigio, On Caffeine (Dispatch From Collio, Part 4)
Trieste, one of the major cities of Collio wine region along the Adriatic, is known as one of the coffee capitals of the world, and as Italy’s caffeine capitol in general. Steeped in history with the stuff, I know several…
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Sustainability Tricks of the Trade in Italy’s Wettest Wine Region (Dispatch From Collio, Part 3)
In the immortal words of Kermit the frog, “it isn’t easy being green.” That’s especially true when you’re trying to hit sustainability targets in Italy’s rainiest—and therefore, one of its most disease-prone—winegrowing regions: Collio. During a (somewhat) recent media jaunt…
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Rosé Is NOT Wine’s Troubled Middle Child (Making the Case For World-Class Pink at NVWA)
My latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is live, and in it I pull no punches when it comes to defending pink vino: What Can We Learn from the World’s Top Rosé Wines?. The short version of…
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