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Why these wine tariffs are terrible.
The proposed wine tariffs penalize the de-centralized, human-scale wine industry – as opposed to the governments and anonymous corporations they purport to punish.
Drink these wines at Thanksgiving
November is here, which means that Thanksgiving is nearly upon us! For foodies and epicurians, few days are as delightful as is Thanksgiving with all of its meats, potatoes, casseroles,…
What to drink… 3 Great Wines from the Fridge!
It’s summertime and it’s hot. Here are 3 great wines to drink chilled: rose, “orange”, and red!
Love and Tamarind, Kurdish Style.
On a recent archaeology trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, I fell in love… with tamarind! So why did I never encounter tamarind during my 15 years working in Syria? The pulp…
Foraged Foods and Local Wines
“What Grows Together, Goes Together” Have you heard this adage about pairing food and wines? Local foods have been favored on menus for decades, now, as “farm-to-table” and “regionally-sourced” have…
Philly Wine Week – Jet Style!
Forget “A-Z”, Jet Wine Bar has everything under the sun for Philly Wine Week 2019!
More Wine in the Maremma (Tuscany)
I love my jobs – that doesn’t mean I love every minute of each workday, but I’m pretty thrilled with both archaeology and the wine and food business. So, that…
Etruscans and Wine around the Maremma (Tuscany)
I’ll soon be heading back to one of my favorite areas of Italy: the Maremma. It is a beautiful part of Tuscany, including a large portion that borders the Tyrrhenian…
3 Great Wine Bars in Tbilisi
Tbilisi has an amazingly (to me) large number of wine bars and shops. It seemed there was at least one on nearly every block. With only a few, short days…
Visiting Chateau Mukhrani
My very first introduction to Georgian wine was via the Finger Lakes; 6 or 7 years ago, I tasted Dr. K Frank’s 2008 Rkatsiteli and absolutely fell in love. As…
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: A Wine Tasting
Philadelphians have some favorites, right? Grace Kelly, Sir Charles, Pink, the Roots, Jill Scott, the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles… the list goes on. Who else is on that list? Kevin…
The Spritz Nomad
As part of my summer travels for work, I found myself in Italy for 3 weeks. Of course I had fantastic wine and fabulous food, but I also decided to…