Joel | August 30, 2010
I am feeling… optimistic.
In a recent post I wrote of tech savvy Italian wine producers and their empowering use of social Internet to connect directly with lovers of Italian wine .
And I look on with great enthusiasm as the social wine and food network called VINIX continues to launch producers, merchants, bloggers, journalists, and appassionati [...]
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Joel | August 16, 2010
Through a beautiful constellation of a million words and image uploads, I’ve lately been observing a new breed of wine producer.
But, we should try to discuss it without giving creating a name for them. I wouldn’t want to marginalize the phenomenon with a label.
Let me tell you what I see:
This new breed of wine [...]
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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 [...]
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Joel | March 3, 2010
No, it’s not an Italian–Chinese love story. Well, not exactly
Chinese chun juan or spring rolls – thin dough skins spread with finely minced vegetables, meat, shrimp or oysters and rolled into, well…a roll…evoke an emotional response of home and family for my Chinese wife. Since her parents are currently visiting us, [...]
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