Joel | February 24, 2010
In an area that is one of Italy’s least productive wine zones, to improve margins with a few shortcuts could prove a seductive temptation.
But, at the small, family-run wine estate of Frères Grosjean in Italy’s Valle d’Aosta, it is quality, tradition, authenticity and sustainability which prevail.
Amen.
Perched in the higher altitudes of Italy’s extreme northwest [...]
Joel | February 16, 2010
Noceto Michelotti Monferrato Rosso 2006, DOC
No matter about one’s artistic style, technique, or medium: the elements of balance, form, proportion, and perspective still apply and need to be made sense of.
Unfortunately, the techniques of modern winemaking can sometimes forget that lesson.
At Noceto Michelotti, however, a modern winery of some technological sophistication, it is a [...]
Joel | February 10, 2010
Mad Love. Forever. That’s your likely reward for showing up on Valentine’s Day with Prosecco and white chocolate in hand.
Prosecco’s playful, mischievous character combined with the decadent attitude of white chocolate sets a mood that’s…uhmmm…appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
White chocolate truffles will up the pleasure ante: their round shape indulges sweet shared nibbling, [...]
Joel | February 8, 2010
Walk. Standstill. Then go. That was the name of game making my way down Lexington Ave. and across 45th…46th…47th street traffic. Intersections can be the most interesting of places: cross-street realities of different people, shapes, deportments, attitudes, and opinions. You can learn a good deal there if you tune-in.
The largest Italian [...]
