This is one serious wine. The wine comes with an interesting story to it’s name.  Tufaie is the Latin word for the Limestone quarries that once surrounded ancient Verona and provided the beautiful golden stone that was used to build…

Sat down for a quiet, dinner of olives, sauteed broccoli rabe, and baked chicken with bread crumbs and turned on the Olympics for a casual glance.  Opened the 2009 Truchard Syrah to accompany and as usual, could not be more pleased with…

Dinner out last night to welcome a visitor from overseas.  An excellent local ristorante waives their corkage fee on Monday nights, so it was an easy decision to head there.  We started with an appetizer of “Sushi Pizza”.   We were first…

The answer, really good Malbec that’s what!  Back in the early 1980’s with the conflict in the Falklands, the United States had an embargo on lots of Argentinian products.  Happily, that was lifted once cooler heads prevailed, to the great…

You’ve got to love a mid-week meal when the guests show up with a treasure from the cellar.  Last night’s dinner featured just such an attraction and the food was up to the task. I started with an antipasto of…