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New York Wine Diary: Day 5 – “ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #3: FLXtra with KJR – This is a Love Story” is finally published on Kindle!
I write these lines in a state of exhaustion and euphoria after a two day marathon completing the latest e-book in my series ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA and publishing #3: FLXtra with KJR – This is a Love Story … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 1 – Castello di Morcote is One of the World’s “Grand Crus” for Merlot
This is Gaby Gianini the owner of Castello di Morcote, and although those names will be unknown to most readers I am convinced that this place is one of the world’s great Cru for red wines from the Merlot grape. … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 3 – BE HERE soon for ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #3: FLXtra
This is where it all started. I took the above photo at almost exactly the moment when the story of my forthcoming e-book begins. Finally, ROCK STARS OF WINE AMERICA #3: FLXtra about the Finger Lakes (the FLX) in Upstate … Continue reading
On the Wine Trail: Day 6 – The Low Down on 2015 in Germany (General Overview)
Yes, that’s my handwriting on the label of this wine from Peter Lauer on the Saar! I must apologize to you all for the lack of postings during the last couple of weeks, but I was completely distracted by work … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 3 – Anna Leonhardt and Her Ironically Cryptic Paintings
Wine takes me to all kinds of places and introduces me to all kinds of people, and one of the most interesting recent introductions was to the German painter Anna Leonhardt who’s first NYC show opens at 6pm tonight (Sunday, … Continue reading
Berlin Wine Diary: Day 1 – Why Dan Dunn’s American Wino is a Gross Outrage that You Must Read
Let me be completely frank with you: I don’t like Dan Dunn’s book AMERICAN WINO, in fact I find it extremely frustrating, so frustrating that while I was reading it I said, “what the fuck?” I don’t know how many … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 16 – Truth Before Feel-Good
Regular readers will have noticed a change of tone in many of my postings from the last weeks, and several of you guessed rightly what lies behind this. A number of people told me that I should be careful not … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 12 – An Important Message
Sometimes it’s difficult not to see negative things around you, because sooner or later you find yourself in a situation that looks clearly negative, or as happened to me recently multiple situations that looked clearly negative. Suffering is an intrinsic … Continue reading
New York Wine Diary: Day 5 – The Fragrance of Austria
Last night at Jadis wine bar on Rivington Street in the Lower East Side I had a Close Encounter of the Third Kind with the wonderful fragrance that Austrian wine is capable of. I’m not talking about the in-your-face kind … Continue reading
FLXtra: Part 3 – Nova Creates a New Constellation
That Nova Cadamatre has just made three 2015 FLX wines for the 240 Days brand certainly sounds like the kind of news that this blog is on the look out for, but it hardly sounds earth-shattering. That is, until you … Continue reading