Joel | February 15, 2011
Italian Masters 2011, NYC: Memorable Tastings
February 8th arrived to find me traveling by morning train across a very pastoral Connecticut quieted by fallen snow.
I’m returning to New York City for the Italian Wine Masters Grand Tasting, an event featuring producers of Conegliano-Valdobiaddene Prosecco Superiore, Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino.
After having [...]
Joel | February 14, 2011
New Englanders are a hardy lot. We don’t complain much and we certainly know how to push through a tough winter. But, even the most hardy of New Englanders will tell you that this year…winter in New England has been…well, to use a local phrase, wicked BIG.
Kids have now had so many snow-days [...]
Joel | February 7, 2011
#barbera2
Something…extraordinary…is happening.
Something that, IMHO, signals an enlightened cultural movement in wine, one with the potential to stimulate wine culture in the same way that the court of Medici stimulated the arts, inspiring the Renaissance.
And it’s called #barbera2.
Scheduled to take place May 14, 2011 in Italy’s Piemonte at Nizza Monferrato Asti, #barbera2 is a wine event [...]
Joel | February 1, 2011
Figuratively speaking, I close my eyes. My ears, too, switch off. I remain undistracted by oenological Babel, leaning out of quiet darkness toward the pure language of wine.
During a tasting visit to the massive week long celebration of Italian wine known as Vino 2011 - held this year during January in NYC - [...]
