Joel | July 28, 2010
La Valentina Cerasuolo Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2009, DOC
After four hours of yard work the electric shrub trimmer, telescopic saw and tree pruner had become temporary extensions of my physical anatomy.
I reflected upon the plight of Edward Scissorhands.
Sweat and dirt combined with copious amounts of SPF 50 sunblock to trickle impressive rivers of funky mud down along [...]
Joel | July 21, 2010
Castello di Monastero Chianti Classico 2006, DOCG
Permit me to meander with a brief anecdote in order to make a point before getting to our business of Castello di Monastero Chianti Classico:
A man walks along a country road and comes upon a general store. Hot and thirsty, he prepares to go inside to buy a [...]
Joel | July 15, 2010
Wine-snob-i-tis (wīn-snŏb -ī’tĭs) noun An infection spread through unprotected conversation with the enologically overbearing
And, man, its spreading like peanut butter right now.
In a desperate act of self-protection, I scan the room for a sign that reads EXIT.
You get it, right? I am somewhere I don’t want to be, [...]
Joel | July 9, 2010
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2008
Seats in the upright position, please.
Buckle safety belts low around your waist.
Taxi to runway for take-off.
And then…the incredible lightness of flight.
Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso 2008 is so about lightness of being that you may need a boarding pass to experience it
The estate of Tenuta delle [...]
