Joel | March 9, 2010
Pico Maccario Barbera d’Asti Lavignone 2008
Pico Maccario Barbera d’Asti Berrò 2008
“The magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.”
— Gary Ryan Blair
I was totally struck by the level of detail and attention given to the Pico Maccario estate symbol. To make the point, I offer you the following from [...]
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, [...]
Joel | March 1, 2010
Azienda Agricola Edi Kante Vitovska 2006
Azienda Agricola Edi Kante Malvasia 2006
Azienda Agricola Edi Kante KK Spumante Brut NV
Close your eyes and imagine a windswept, limestone plateau, a place of natural caves and grottos where the stone can feel alive. At this great table of rock, Veneto, Slavic, and German-Austrian traditions come together to [...]
Joel | February 24, 2010
In an area that is one of Italy’s least productive wine zones, to improve margins with a few shortcuts could prove a seductive temptation.
But, at the small, family-run wine estate of Frères Grosjean in Italy’s Valle d’Aosta, it is quality, tradition, authenticity and sustainability which prevail.
Amen.
Perched in the higher altitudes of Italy’s extreme northwest [...]
