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VinItaly 2009: Some Impressions

Posted in italy, travel, wine events on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

There’s a new post up at Wine & Spirits with some of my impressions from the recent wine fairs in Verona, including VinItaly and Vini Veri. It’s a q&a format although how I managed to squeeze in time to answer everything during a recent marathon tasting of Italian wine in New York is beyond me. [...]

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The Best Fish Tacos on the Central Coast

Posted in restaurants, wine events, tagged , , , on March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Playing hooky is something I learned the value of a long time ago. It often brings new perspectives through serendipity, which is exactly what happened this past Saturday during the annual World of Pinot Noir festival in Pismo Beach. Before the grand tasting started, a small group of us headed over to the charming hamlet [...]

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Is Corkscrew a Yoga Pose?

Posted in friday linkfest, wine and technology, wine events, tagged , , , , on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

(Above: My new favorite corkscrew.)
I spent most of last week in the Napa Valley at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, to which I’d won a fellowship. The symposium takes place at Meadowood and the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone (CIA) campus, and like other retreats of its kind, it’s an opportunity to step out [...]

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A Wedding Reception, and Everyone’s Invited

Posted in san francisco, wine bars, wine events, tagged , , , , on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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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Critical Wine ‘08 Verona: Canceled

Posted in italy, wine events, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Antreprima

Posted in italy, tasting wine, travel, wine events, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Real Italian Wine

Posted in italy, natural wine, travel, wine, wine events, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in italy, wine, wine events, tagged , 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. [...]

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