What does great music have to do with killer Italian vino? I’m not 100% sure, either, but we’re going to find out at VINO 2015 in NYC, when the Italian Wine Week and Convention takes over the Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue February 1-4! VINO 2015 will showcase 200+ Italian wine producers, and the days…
Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For January 12, 2015
So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available…
Furmint Adventures, Part One: Balassa Winery
The first official episode of my Hungarian Furmint jaunt has finally been released! In the inaugural vid, I get down in the dirt – literally – with István Balassa, the man behind Balassa Winery in Tokaji. We talk about his stones – also literally – and their effect of those various interesting soil types on…
Rest In Peace, Sam Argetsinger
A few days ago, I received an email containing a unique (for me, anyway) request: “On your page you have a special photograph of Sammy Argetsinger. Can you email me a high resolution copy of that picture? I would like to frame it and I know a local wine owner in Hector wants one to…