Joel | May 24, 2010
Cascina Garitina Barbera d’Asti Bricco Garitta 2007, DOC
I am a hunter. I move stealth-like down rows of wine bottles, stalking the bargain, hunting the interesting wine. Friday nights are especially good for that purpose: few people, lots of prey.
I spot a solitary bottle, a one of a kind, defenseless, alone…I move [...]
Joel | May 12, 2010
Kofererhof Kerner 2008, DOC
A Volvo blows by me, an Audi following inches behind. I downshift and pull the performance-tuned GTI in behind them. Over Sirius radio, musician Sting reminds me of how Fragile we are and the Massachusetts Turnpike opens up wide out in front of me. The leather covered stick shift [...]
Joel | May 7, 2010
I don’t want to drink the wines of Perfection.
Perfection is a lie. Always.
Give me wines of emotion, soul. Balance.
Fill the bottle with liquid memory, that
recalls the earth where it was conceived. Your
mother’s kitchen, your father’s hands,
a way of work and life. Tell me. Of sunlight
on your land, in your heart’s [...]
Joel | May 5, 2010
Pelissero Langhe Nebbiolo 2007, DOC
During a working day or two I spent with Giorgio Pelissero, I observed him to be similar in personality to many Pelissero wines: vivacious, intense, with a gentle austerity and an air of refined complexity.
Coincidence, I’m sure. But, I like both winemaker and wines immensely
A smallish, family [...]
