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Joel | October 26, 2011
Vallana Spanna Colline Novaresi 2008
It is Halloween week here in the US and for many trick-or-treaters there is magic in the air.
So, let me tell you about magic:
Magic is what happens when the Vallana family of the village Maggiora in Italy’s Alto Piemonte ferments Nebbiolo grapes. And their potion known as Vallana Spanna Colline Novaresi [...]
Joel | October 19, 2011
Bera Barbera d’Asti Ronco Malo 2009
Trees along the Massachusetts Turnpike have turned their leaves vibrant oranges, reds, and yellows.
There are pumpkins in the field and apples in the pie.
It is autumn in New England and although Barbera is a great all-year wine, I seem to especially enjoy it during this season.
One Barbera that I particularly [...]
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 | January 3, 2011
Vallana Gattinara 1999
Bad art is “inaccurate art….art that makes false reports”.
“Good art bears true witness…”*
——– Ezra Pound, American expatriate poet and critic
IMHO, the same can be said of good wine.
Tasting Vallana’s Gattinara 1999, I was reminded of that good advice which Ezra Pound delivered to a young Ernest Hemingway during their years in Paris.
Vallana’s Gattinara [...]