I’m immature enough, even in my 50s (!!), to have had trouble getting my head around the translation of Etna’s Passopisciaro when I visited last year during a media jaunt. Foot step? Pissing step? “Pitchpiss?” You see the travails that I have to deal with when I am scouring some of the most gorgeous locations…
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Wine In The Time of Coronavirus, Part 68: The Last of Us? (Reviewing Rimessa Roscioli Selections)
It’s with mixed emotions that I announce that today’s Wine In The Time of Coronavirus will be the last entry in the series. Given the state of the global pandemic, and the fact that folks like me are now being invited to travel the globe again in search of unsung vinous treasures to tell you…
Wine In The Time of Coronavirus, Part 67: Here’s The Beef (Revisiting Uruguay Wines)
Longtime 1WD readers might remember Uruguay as the place where I met Pincho, a (technically wild) Capybara who was quite selective about who he did and did not let pet him (apparently, Capybara’s purr when they’re happy, by the way, which I can tell from first-hand experience that having an enormous rodent purr while you’re…
Wine In The Time of Coronavirus, Part 66: “Vivid & Clear” (Revisiting Lugana)
Back in October `22, I was invited for a virtual tasting of various Lugana DOC whites, organized by Civilta del bere and Alessandro Torcoli. Longtime 1WD readers might recall Torcoli, who I met in Argentina when judging the Argentina Wine Awards, and for whose Italian magazine I once wrote an overview of the entire U.S….