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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Lebanese Wine: Renaissance Interruptus

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My most recent post covered the role of the Phoenicians in the spread of wine across the Mediterranean. As was the case for Iranian wine , p...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Ancient Wine: The Phoenicians and the spread of wine across the Mediterranean Basin

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According to Yuval Noah Harari ( Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ), the genus Homo evolved in Africa and spread to Eurasia 2 million y...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Contextualizing the newly minted Chianti Classico sub-zones

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There has been a lengthy ongoing discussion among invested parties as to the need for sub-zones within the Chianti Classico DOCG. In June 20...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Il Guercio and Uno from the Tenuta di Carleone estate (Radda in Chianti, Chianti Classico, Tuscany)

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Tenuta Carleone di Castiglione, located in Chianti Classico's Radda in Chianti, is the fruit of the vision of an Austrian entrepreneur -...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

The story of wine in Iran

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In his book exploring the origin of viniculture, Dr. Patrick E. McGovern pointed to a number of ancient wine origin stories and highlighted ...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

A tasting of selected Carpineto Tuscan wines

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Kissimmee's Vintage Vino recently hosted a tasting of selected Carpineto wines and, while I was unable to attend in person, I bought t...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Salt & The Cellar by Akira Back, Orlando's newest Fine-Dining entrant

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Chef Akira Back’s Salt & The Cellar, ensconced at e tte , one of Orlando’s newest concept hotels, is currently providing one of the mos...