Joel | March 31, 2010
SPORTOLETTI ASSISI ROSSO 2007, DOC
SPORTOLETTI VILLA FIDELIA ROSSO 2005, UMBRIA IGT
Be praised, my Lord, be praised with all your creatures,
especially our brother, Master Sun,
through whom you bring us day and give us light.
He is, Most High, a living sign of you,
so beautifully he shines with splendor bright.
— Canticle [...]
Joel | March 24, 2010
The commute sucked, the rain was relentless, and the work day had its way with me.
Finally home, crazy hungry, I fall onto the sofa and snap on an episode of THE OFFICE just as a plate of noodles with sweet and sour pork arrives to the rescue.
What’s to drink, I wonder. A half bottle [...]
Joel | March 22, 2010
Le Marche producer Sartarelli does one thing and does it well. Very well.
It’s spelled V-E-R-D-I-C-C-H-I-O.
Located nearby Poggio San Marcello in the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi appellation of Italy’s Marche, the Sartarelli estate – its vineyards planted exclusively to Verdicchio - is run by Donatella Sartarelli and Patrizio Chiacchiarini, with assistance from enologist Alberto [...]
Joel | March 17, 2010
La Braccesca Bramasole Cortona Syrah 2003, DOC
Old flannel shirts. Hands stained with drawing charcoal, pastels, shades of paint. The passion in her voice whenever she spoke of Degas.
But, that was all before life’s realities found us.
Now, I taste, spending a few moments in wine’s third dimension, memory, scents of innocent time with hints [...]
