Just in case you were concerned that I had lost my way among the rich folk back in the big New York City, I’m happy to report that I found my way from James Suckling’s Wednesday night tasting in midtown to Alice’s place...

Last night in Manhattan, wine writer James Suckling spoke from the pulpit of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal church at his Great Wines of Italy event. I can’t say that his taste in wine always aligns with mine but I will say that...

From the department of “who said that Texas was flyover country?”… What a week Wednesday last week Wednesday was! In the course of twenty-four hours on the ground in Texas, I ate lunch with my buddy Ray (as in Isle, ex...

From the department of “who said that Texas was flyover country?”… What a week Wednesday last week Wednesday was! In the course of twenty-four hours on the ground in Texas, I ate lunch with my buddy Ray (as in Isle, exe...

Andreotti (right) with Nixon in 1973. Image via the Wiki. “The great winemakers,” said my client Silvano “die during harvest or during Vinitaly,” Italy’s annual trade gathering in Verona where we were meetin...

Above: Winemaker Donato D’Angelo and his wife Filena Ruppi at Vinitaly 2013. Last summer, as Rory Harrington and I were preparing what we believe was the largest offering of Aglianico del Vulture by-the-glass in the U.S. (for our f...

An old friend from NYC is making a documentary about the Streit’s matzo factory on the Lower East Side. He asked me to share news of the film and I’m glad to do it. During the years I spent in the city (97-07), I watched the ...

An old friend from NYC is making a documentary about the Streit’s matzo factory on the Lower East Side. He asked me to share news of the film and I’m glad to do it. During the years I spent in the city (97-07), I watched the ...

Above: Winemaker Armando Castagnedi (right) of Tenuta Sant’Antonio, one of my favorite Valpolicella producers, was in Austin, Texas yesterday. That’s him tasting with top Austin sommelier Mark Sayre. I always try to make myse...

Yesterday, I caught up with one of my favorite wine writers, Ray Isle, in Houston for lunch. Ray and I know each other from my NYC days and it was super fun to connect in Houston, his hometown. Here’s my post today for the Houston ...