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All in the (Italian Wine) Family
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The temperature was barely above freezing when I took a longer than intended run today. When I got back home, there was a message on my voice mail, from my friend Cassandra in Italy. ?Alfonso, where are you' I need to talk to someone who I am so close to but not related by blood.? I could tell by the tone of her voice that this would be a long talk. So I poured myself some tea and called her.Cassandra (not real name) and I met in Italy when we were in our 20?s. Her family is in the wine...
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Pictures from the Wine Trail in 2009
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Looking back at my Best of 2009 on Flickr, go to the Slideshow or click on the individual photos below - these are just a sampling of the images. Enjoy!-Alfonsophotographs by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy
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4 Years & 535 Blog Posts Ago...
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?I started On The Wine Trail in Italy on December 28, 2005. My first post was pretty basic, a picture of Monte Vulture with a cluster of Aglianico grapes in the foreground. The impetus was from a friend, David Anderson, whose blog, Italian's Insight to Travel Italy, was this constant force of nature that compelled me to stay up with. David has stopped blogging for now, gone on to other things. But he was my guide and I thank him for starting me down the road of the bloggy-blog world.My first...
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Christmas Miracles and Mythical Traditions
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?For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given" Leo's First ChristmasThis little guy, who looks strikingly like his handsome dad, Giulio and beautiful mom, Stacy and sister Gia, is Leonardo Galli. He came into this world not long after Jan 1 of this year, but way before he was ?due.? At a little less than 2 pounds, little Leo, the young lion, roared into this world. On Mother's Day weekend, he finally came home to live with his mom and dad and sister in San Antonio. Merry Christmas, Leo...
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The Mark of Zaia
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It has been one busy year for Luca Zaia's Italy. From his power chair on the deck of the Italian Titanic, he has attempted to banish pineapples and kebabs, sell kiwi's (who knew they were indigenous to Italy') back to China from whence they came. He defended the Crucifix, Mozzarella di bufala and Sangiovese. He elevated Prosecco to the heights of Barolo and the once mighty Brunello. He was into everything, even collateralizing bank loans with wine. You name the cause and it seemed Luca Zaia was...
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The Newest Best Italian DOCG list' (now up to 48 and counting)
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Revised Dec 17, 2009In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have been able to find seven more, the newest, ?Amarone della Valpolicella' and ?Recioto della Valpolicella'(the assumption, for now, is that they share the DOCG, similar to Barolo and Barolo Chinato does) , Moscato di Scanzo, Elba Aleatico Passito and Prosecco Superiore Conegliano Valdobbiadene, Prosecco Superiore Asolo And a two Marche DOCG's of Verdicchio of...
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The Bottle Handler, the Broker & the Bureaucrat
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There are few characters in the Italian wine business that merit this trilogism. Sure enough there will be those folks who think this is about someone they know or even themselves. I will only say this, one more time, it isn't always about you. For sure, this time it isn't. It is about someone, but please dear listeners, all in due time. All in due time.Over the course of my lifetime on the wine trail I have noted certain archetypes in the business. For today's journey we are uncovering three...
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The Epiphany before Christmas
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Or, It's going to take more than a traffic cone to sort this mess outLast night we opened up a bunch of wine. Some of it good, some that had seen better days. Some wines aged well, some didn't. I'm sure somewhere else this will be talked about, so you can go there and read all about that.What got me to thinking, though, was this current mess in Italian wine. People, usually in Italy, just can't help but screw up in what seems to be a more than occasional thing. I go back to the mid 1980?s and...
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On a Hot Streak During a Cold Snap
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I must be crazy.Wednesday morning I awoke to sub-freezing temperatures. My Hoja Santa long past giving up the ghost, I set out to check on my arugula and radicchio plantation. The radicchio had relocated to one of Dante's hells but the arugula was fighting to stay alive. I covered it and under the cover of a late autumn fog I headed off to catch a plane to Houston.The night before I had gotten a call from a colleague who had informed me that I had gotten removed as moderator to panelist on a...
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Sombudsman, Wine Cougars & Straddle Baggers
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The O-N-D ChroniclesSombudsmanI got an email from my buddy, the Big Guy, early Saturday morning. ?Enjoyed our lunch together. I've been thinking about the Blue Sky.? I had no recollection of what he was talking about, regarding the blue sky, so I called him. He reminded me of the late 20th century fondness by wine buyers, for having so many wines available. Bernie Madoff & Co put the kibosh on that. Large distribs were looking at their bottom line, trying not to lay off drivers,...
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On Any Given Sunday: A Three-Tier Crusaders Gamebook
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Oh yeah, it's like, Sunday in the Fall. Meet the Press, Football, World Series, all kinds of diversions. What it is for us three-tier crusaders, though, is one down, two to go. The traditional O-N-D (October-November-December) holiday season is 1/3 over. And we've got miles to go before we sleep. All across the country, the wholesalers, retailers and their customers are gearing up for a season of festive cheer. To the three-tier machine, it's just one big party, festooned with real pirates....
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