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Brunello, a peculiar form of wine writing, and Antonioni’s surface of the world
The mere exposure to the visible surface of the world will not arouse ideas unless the spectacle is approached with ideas ready to be stirred up. —Rudolf Arnheim For now we see through a glass, darkly…...
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Just some of the reasons I’m so smitten…
From the “it’s Friday so just indulge me” department… 1. She just gets so giddy when you get some good Basque cheese in front of her and some stinky wine (and she’s knock-out gorgeous; to gaze at her...
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My date with the city (of Milan)
After a week of working myself to the bone in Asti and Langa, and a successful and happy epilogue to Barbera Meeting 2010 (and all the many blogilicious waves we surfed there), my little gift to...
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I Am Love (I Am Cinema) and good things we eat and drink
Above: Over the weekend, Tracie P made cabbage leaves stuffed with shredded pork and rice and then braised in puréed tomato. Delicious… The same way some of my favorite wine bloggers share my passion...
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Merlot di Montalcino is almost here! Hurray! Not!
Nearly 3 years after the story of the Brunello controversy broke in the mainstream media, after millions of liters of wine have been declassified, after guilty pleas and plea agreements and guilty...
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Amarcord (I remember): Tonino Guerra honored by WGAW
Above: A still from Fellini’s 1973 Amarcord, screenplay by Tonino Guerra (image via Verdoux). As if by some seaside romagnolo-infused magical realism, a press release found its way to my inbox this...
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My baby loves her some Venice!
Can you think of anything more enjoyable in the world than wondering aimlessly in Venice on a sun-filled morning with the woman you love? Tracie P and I are both amateur photographers and one of our...
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