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Vino italiano and adventures in New York

So many tears: RSgate
Filed under: Business del vino, Commentary, Terence, this is stupid stuff, Weblogs

I must thank Tom Wark and a legion of commenters (85 89 comments so far, many more to come) for not allowing me to leave the laptop all this livelong ...

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Posted 1 day 7 hours ago by Strappo
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Pericolo! Driving in Sicily
Filed under: Viaggi / Travel

I posted the other day, asking for advice on where to go in Sicily. I've so far received two long, informative and harrowing comments from Thor Iverson of Oenologic. I ...

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Posted 1 day 12 hours ago by Strappo
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Obama, President
Filed under: Commentary

Skinny is finally our official Democratic candidate. Just happened. I'm kvelling. It's not only a historic moment, it's a hopeful one. Now -- sharpen up your message, Barry.

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Posted 2 days 4 hours ago by Strappo
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WINE BLOGGERS ON THE TAKE!
Filed under: Business del vino, Commentary, Weblogs

Do I have your attention? (Always the high road, Strappo.) There is incipient insurgency in Winebloggistan concerning the Rodney Strong initiative to garner reviews for their new release: one blogger ...

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Posted 2 days 5 hours ago by Strappo
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Memorability
Filed under: Wine Diary / Diario del Vino

Sometimes you drink a wine that rivets your attention as you drink it. It opens you up to new possibilities not only of taste and character but of a region ...

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Posted 3 days 5 hours ago by Strappo
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Where I haven't been
Filed under: Viaggi / Travel, Weblogs

In Italy, I mean. I've been to most of the country's 20 (21?) regions. I haven't been to Val d'Aosta. Calabria. Sicily. Sardinia. I like the wines from Aosta but ...

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Posted 3 days 6 hours ago by Strappo
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Joe Biden, Vice President
Filed under: Commentary

For the record, and I'm sure you're all sitting there with 'bated breath, I'm thrilled skinny about Obama's pick of Joe Biden as running mate. He's brilliant, he's experienced in ...

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Posted 5 days 9 hours ago by Strappo
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Searches in Memeland
Filed under: Weblogs

Lately there's been a groundswell of searches to mondosapore for Silvana Mangano -- from all over the world, not just or mainly Italy. She has vanquished Liev Schreiber. I don't ...

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Posted 5 days 11 hours ago by Strappo
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Apotheosis Now!
Filed under: Business del vino, Commentary, Terence, this is stupid stuff

The first three Parts (One, Two, & Three) of this precis of a life transformed by wine, centering on the highly fictionalized "I" of self-regarding and perjuring autobiographical convention, dealt ...

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Posted 7 days ago by Strappo
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National drinking age
Filed under: Commentary

If you haven't read it already, you should check out Tom Wark's excellent editorial on the drinking age of 21 and its moral incomprehensibility in the face of war. Not ...

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Posted 8 days ago by Strappo
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