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Told through the perspective of one of Tuscany's most important winegrowers, this series of small clips weaves a story about the evolution of the wine, and the winemaker's place in defining the wine.

Paolo De Marchi of Isole e Olena spent much of his childhood in the large estate his family purchased in the early 50s (when land was cheap in Tuscany). After graduating from oenology school in the mid 70s, we went on to becom… Continue

It's been a few months since I posted here, and Kim suggested I write about wine.

Well, there's a loaded subject. I'll just start here with an interview with a real winegrower:



Now, I put this here because I just want to get something out of the way:

Most "wines" that we run into in the U.S. (the ubiquitous brands in every liquor store/ wine shop) ain't wine. They're food-processed beverages manufactured by multi-national, publicly traded marketing comp… Continue

For nearly 35 years, I've worked with wine (restaurants as a wine buyer, 18 years as a retailer), and what has come to fascinate me is the evolution of wine as a function of the culture in which it evolves. This, I can only explore in the "Old World" - the vinifera family of vines didn't exist elsewhere - so travel to Europe is a necessity.

Here's what's missed by so many "wine writers" and wine magazines. Wine is NOT a "consumer product." In the "Old World," where wine evolved, it was a necess… Continue