Joel | July 26, 2011
Tenuta Sant’Antonio Valpolicella 2007
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH’INTRATE’.
ABANDON ALL HOPE YOU WHO ENTER HERE.
- Dante Alighieri, Inferno
When the Italian poet Dante wrote those words opening CANTO III of his INFERNO, he could have been referring to the under $15.00 wine market: I have many times been burned by wines in that category.
That [...]
Joel | July 14, 2011
Viberti Barbera D’Alba Vigna Clara 1999
A summer sun dissolves into rose-colored atmosphere over the water off Menemsha, yellow moon rising from behind above Chilmark: end of day and beginning of night are trading places.
While such beauty inspires some to thoughts of elemental origins, I drift to afterimages of a wine that immerses me in origins [...]
Joel | July 5, 2011
When considering the many wine roads to be discovered, Italy’s Veneto beckons to wine lovers with a wide range of stunning wines.
I recently had the pleasure of tasting the quality and uniqueness of Veneto wines at Wines of Veneto, an initiative organized with the cooperation of the Italian Trade Commission intending to encourage US consumers [...]
