Joel | April 14, 2010
Piona Corvina Veronese Campo Massimo 2006, IGT
Winemaker Albino Piona thinks of grapes as providing a palette of colors for his “paintings”, the wines. And, as great artists do, Piona stays personally involved with his “paintings” from their earliest beginnings as buds in the vineyard, through harvest, to cellar and bottle.*
Piona winemaking is informed by [...]
Joel | February 10, 2010
Mad Love. Forever. That’s your likely reward for showing up on Valentine’s Day with Prosecco and white chocolate in hand.
Prosecco’s playful, mischievous character combined with the decadent attitude of white chocolate sets a mood that’s…uhmmm…appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
White chocolate truffles will up the pleasure ante: their round shape indulges sweet shared nibbling, [...]
Joel | February 1, 2010
Vaona Valpolicella Classico 2008, DOC
I imagine setting down a bottle of Vaona Valpolicella Classico in front of a mirror and, in the reflection, here’s what I’d see:
family members cultivating grapes, dressing
vines, hands, pruning knives; doing
good work, living
tradition, pursuing quality
for its own sake.
Yeah, this beautifully classic wine is that honest. Without trying to be overly [...]
Joel | October 27, 2009
Who inhabits the spaces we’ve lived in when we move on? Do they too scent the winter kitchen by tossing orange peels into the old iron stove? Have they looked with curiosity upon the egg shaped depression left in the window sill where we hammered open so many walnuts?
I am always nostalgic about such [...]
