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How to Keep a Sailor Warm
Dan Bjugstad of Pizzeria Locale in Boulder CO, with Claudio Morelli I had the profound pleasure of escorting a Marchegiano gentleman, Claudio Morelli, around Colorado a few weeks ago. We were there...
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Finding Mount Etna in Denver, Colorado @theKitchen
Tenuta Fessina’s “LaEneo” at The Kitchen in Denver, Colorado. I remember the first time I tasted these wines. My good friend Giampaolo Gravina sent me over to the Sicilian Pavillion at Vinitaly to...
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Italian White Wines Can Age. #truth
I posted this picture on my Instagram and Twitter feeds last week and got a number of surprising responses. “Was it still good?” and “Does Verdicchio last that long?” and “Where did you find that?...
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Bubbles by Benanti
I had the pleasure of tasting this bottle, Benanti’s Noblesse, a few weeks ago after we found it thanks to Dan Pirelli, at the Wine Hotel in Los Angeles. 100% Carricante grapes, 100% Etna. Who says...
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Kings of the Carso. @winestories
Friends of mine are going to the Carso soon. I am ecstatic for them because, even as this is a place I have not yet seen in person, I feel like I know it already. There will be a stiff breeze from...
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I say take no thought of the harvest…
… but only of proper sowing. (T.S. Eliot) Ripe Prünent grapes waiting for harvest at Cantina Garrone. These powerful words by T.S. Eliot remind us that in these frantic, labor-intensive days of...
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On Spaghetti Westerns and Brunello. @michaelnemcik
Thanks to Michael Young of Palm Bay Imports, I had a chance to enjoy this bottle of Brunello the other night at Union restaurant in Pasadena. (if you haven’t tried this place yet, do yourself a favor...
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La Sibilla: Lessons in Salt and Acidity
Photo by Oliver McCrum- Falanghina and Salty Fried Fish. One of my favorite terroir-minded producers from the area around Naples is La Sibilla, a winery owned and operated by 5 generations of the Di...
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15 Vintages of #Sassicaia, the Super-est. @republiqueLA @moderntaylor
I had one of the most incredible food and wine experiences of my life recently, all thanks to Dan Pirelli at the Wine Hotel. Who else would have the ability (or the vision) to put together a vertical...
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Peace, Love & Pizza @OGSgtPepperoni #BYO #NebbioloNight
I am super proud to be part of the hospitality industry. Supplying Italian wine to restaurants and shops has become an amazingly satisfying career for me- I love our community! Recently we started a...
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