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When Barolo met Sex and the City.
It was probably inevitable that our family would be drawn into the hype about the “And Just Like That…” revival finale last week. Some of the themes are arguably too mature for our girls, 12 and 13. But how could… Continue reading
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Italian wineries, partners scramble to avoid new tariff rate.
Late on Thursday last week, the wire came in: the new tariff rate for all goods from the EU rose to 15 percent, a five-point increase from the 10 percent that had been imposed since April (before the current administration,… Continue reading
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Hopeful wine news from Europe, great wine news from Houston.
When the subject of tariffs came up with a Trump-supporting friend the other day, she didn’t have the faintest idea of how it is decimating the European wine trade in the U.S. Wow, she said, it never occurred to her… Continue reading
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One of the things I’m going to miss about Italy this summer is a perfectly draft beer.
Tracie, the girls, and I won’t be going to Italy this summer. That’s partly due to the fact that Tra is so busy with work right now (which is great). But our absence from our spiritual homeland this season is… Continue reading
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A bottle of 2009 Colgin in Chicago made for a great family tasting in Chicago.
As it just so happened, a best friend of Marty’s showed up to his party in Chicago last Saturday night with a bottle of 2009 Colgin Cariad. It goes without saying that the wine lovers among the guests were impressed… Continue reading
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No dolce vita for the U.S.-Italian wine trade. (And a note on the meaning of the phrase; it’s not what you think!)
In a social media post Friday, Trump wrote that he was imposing 50 percent tariffs on products from the E.U. By the end of the holiday weekend, he had stepped back from that threat and offered a new deadline for… Continue reading
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My secret for keeping in shape and staying sane in the wine biz? Read it on A Balanced Glass.
Back when I was still teaching wine communications at the Slow Food University of Gastronomic Sciences, we would always devote a session to blogs that push wine writing into new and interesting spaces. One of those sites was Rebecca Hopkins’… Continue reading
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Origin of the word ristorante and differences between ristorante, osteria, and trattoria.
Yesterday’s post was a dive into the differences between the osteria and trattoria (hint: the answer lies in the wine). That discussion raises the question: what’s the difference between an osteria, a trattoria, and a ristorante. In his 1953 novel… Continue reading
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Shout-out to Costa in Charleston. You had me at the porchetta!
One that people who don’t live in the U.S. south don’t realize is that southerners appreciate and expect great cooking more than in any other part of the U.S. When I flew into Charleston week before last to speak at… Continue reading
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A new song for an old bromance: happy birthday Giovanni!
I wish I could say that I wrote this song for my bromance Giovanni to celebrate a milestone birthday. But the truth is that he and I actually wrote it together, even though he doesn’t know that yet. The last… Continue reading
Jeremy Parzen 