Do Bianchi

Tariffs, schmariffs, it is the season again… Please join me this Sunday 4/27 as we rock out Emmit’s Place in southwest Houston where we live. We’ll be doing open mic for kids and adults from 2-4; at 4 local middle… Continue reading

Above: a natural wine dog at a natural winery in January. The day after I posted about the new wave of wine education and perception (“I have seen the future of wine education and Their name is Luca”), I received… Continue reading

One of the most compelling data points I’ve heard all year is that alcohol sales in the U.S., including fine wine, have continued to grow at a steady rate since 2015. Despite all the claims to the contrary, people in… Continue reading

From the department of “tariffs, schmariffs… the show must go on!” It’s that time of year again and I’m super geeked to hit the open road: Abruzzo and I are going on tour the last week of April. Monday, April… Continue reading

“It was an emotional interview,” wrote my longtime friend and colleague Filippo Larganà (above), editor of the widely read Sapori del Piemonte blog. My heartfelt thanks goes out to him for letting me appear on his vlog series about Vinitaly,… Continue reading

Above: a rack of Italian wine in a retail shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. First the good news: The new across-the-board 20 percent tariffs aimed at the E.U. are lower than once expected and nowhere near the 200 percent the U.S.… Continue reading

Giving a warm shout-out this morning to Vintage Wine Bar in Tulsa and the 30 wine professionals who came out to taste with Emma Baudry from the Union des Vins Doux de Bordeaux (part of the Charming Taste of Europe… Continue reading

Published by the U.S. Wine Trade Alliance on Saturday: On April 2nd, President Trump will make an announcement regarding reciprocal tariffs. Previously, the thinking in Washington had been that this date would see a set of instructions or other actions… Continue reading

After I posted my recent chat with D.C.-based wine and spirits industry lobbyist Erlinda Doherty about the ongoing tariff war, I received scores of messages asking us to do more vlog posts. As she recounts in the video below, she… Continue reading

According to my source in D.C., the E.U. and U.S. trade negotiators agreed earlier this week that 20 percent reciprocal tariffs will be enacted in April. That’s the word on the street, although I haven’t been able to confirm this… Continue reading