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As I sit here and write this, I’m trying to come up with some sort of analogy or description for the reader that will crystallize exactly how special this wine is.  It’s not an easy task.  In fact, it’s almost…

Remember those old commercials, “I could have had a V8!”   The protagonist, after downing a soda, or a glass of sugary juice pretending to have something to do with fruits of the forest, laments not choosing the equally delicious but…

I’ve written quite a bit about the excellent 2006 vintage for Brunello di Montalcino, and even with all the tremendous 2006’s currently on the market, the 2007’s are trickling onto store shelves.  The early consensus from Montalcino is that while…

This past weekend we celebrated a family religious right of passage.  My oldest son made his Confirmation and when the Bishop made the mistake of saying to all the children present:  “You are now men and women” ; my son was surely listening…

When this wine emerged on the scene in the mid 1990’s the wine press heaped praise after praise upon it.  I remember the fervor surrounding the 1995 and 1998 releases and I really liked the wine then; it was like an Ambassador…