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 makes it all the better to be able...
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 Sea. As always, I’ll be...
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 to sample them, I clearly didn’t visit them...
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 a result, I sought the grape from...
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 Bacon...
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 count how many cities in which I drank an Aperol...
The holidays (the millions that occur around this time of year, that is) are STILL here! That means lots and lots and lots of food. I recently spent some quality time over at KYW newsradio 1060...
It has been a while, folks, but Jill and Phill are back discussing the holidays, food, foibles, favorite songs, and wine! Jill talks about her biggest phobia…...
Is it possible to “Drink like a Pilgrim” and remain true to the resources available to the early Colonists? No. No, it is not. But if, like me, you enjoy wine with your Thanksgiving meal (or any...
Give me your outlandish, eccentric, and bizarre. When I travel, that is what I want. The Schönbrunn Gardens in Vienna are beautiful, yes, but so are the Longwood Gardens — just over 50...