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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 [...]

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(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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Italy’s Critical Wine

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. [...]

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