Sep 6, 2006
You get the impression that Alfonso Cevola is a member of that secret band of men who actually would trade it all in for a chance to be a member of Corleone Family. It’s not that he wants to run a crime family, rather he has an attraction to the strong ties the Corleone family creates among its members and its Italian cultural heritage. He, like me, probably understands The Godfather Trilogy, not as a story about crime and murder,…
Sep 5, 2006
——————————————————————————————————————————–TAKE THE "WHY DID YOU BUY THAT WINE" SURVEY. CLICK HERE——————————————————————————————————————————– I had a long heart to palate talk with myself this long weekend and came to a consequential conclusion: I’m done with cheap, cute-animal-labeled, wines. I’m done drinking them. I’m done thinking about them. I’m just done. I was in a grocery store with a pretty good wine department looking for something to drink by the pool. All of a sudden I realized I was in a zoo: Kangaroos,…
Aug 30, 2006
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill that would have recognized Zinfandel as "The Historic Wine of California". What a GirlyMan!! Well, maybe that’s not fair. Let’s at least see what he had to say in his veto message: "To name only one of the many of the varietals produced in California as thehistoric wine fails to recognize the many world class varietals produced in the State.With California’s unique micro climates, diverse geography, outstanding soils, andindustrious growers, farmworkers and vintners who…
Aug 24, 2006
My confession is this: I’m a perfume whore. A Cologne Nut. More than anything it is the idea that man can combine so many aromas and scents into a singular potion that has the power to simply arrest arrest our mind has always captured me. I used to keep a bowl of coffee beans in my bathroom and had at my disposal too many bottles to keep on the bathroom counter. Many of them were hid away for lack of…
Aug 22, 2006
Virginie Boone over at WineAbout (the newest journalilst-written wine blog) has a really interesting post on an upcoming wine movie that features Russell Crow and set to debut in November. About the upcoming film, entitled "A Good Year", Boone writes: "The success of "Sideways" must have finally gotten the Hollywood types thinking… maybe the inherent romance of wine can fill seats on the big screen. The time to strike is certainly now." She’s right, isn’t she. It strikes me further…