Posted in san francisco, wine bars, wine events, tagged Cav, Heidsieck & Co Monopole, June 17th, same-sex marriage, wine bar on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t usually post about wine events, but I thought this was pretty cool. Cav Wine Bar & Kitchen here in San Francisco will host a reception beginning at 12 noon tomorrow for all the June 17th newlyweds married at nearby City Hall (map), as well as any well-wisher who wants to stop by and [...]
Posted in italy, wine events, tagged centro sociale, Critical Wine, La Chimica, Verona, VinItaly on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Above: the entrance to Ex-Forte Prenestino, the Roman centro sociale that regularly hosts Critical Wine in Italy’s capital city)
The city of Verona buzzes with activity during the annual VinItaly fair (April 3-7), and besides the big fair itself, there’s any number of off-campus events happening at all hours every day. In a post from last [...]
Posted in italy, tasting wine, travel, wine events, tagged 2003 vintage, Anteprima, Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano on February 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I guess one advantage to jet-lag is waking up early. At least when you want to be productive. Here it is, 6.30 am in New York and I don’t even have to be at work until 9.30. And for a prosecco tasting at that. So who’s got some breakfast/coffee place recommendations out here? None of [...]
Posted in italy, natural wine, travel, wine, wine events, tagged Critical Wine, real italian wine, Verona, Vini Veri, VinItaly on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Gruppo Vini Veri, a loose organization of Italian wine producers who are part of the growing natural wine movement, have announced the dates of their 5th annual tasting, April 3-5, 2008. As usual, it’s staged during the VinItaly trade fair in Verona; however, the Vini Veri producers very much consider their event–and movement–to be [...]
Posted in italy, wine, wine events, tagged Critical Wine, italy on December 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Jeremy Parzen over at his excellent blog, Do Bianchi, posted a piece I wrote earlier this year for the magazine’s April issue on the Italian organization Critical Wine. (You can read it via Do Bianchi here). It’s part of a thread he picked up on in his fascinating post ‘Anarchist Wine‘ a couple days ago. [...]
