Posts Written OnApril 13, 2005

WBW #8: Morgante 2003 Nero d’Avola

Nero d’Avola, Sicily’s most popular and famous non-fortified wine, is one I first tasted a couple summers ago — in Orlando’s Epcot Center of all places. After a morning of dodging rain showers Nena, my parents and I were ready for lunch. So, we ducked into the Italian village and had a nice lunch at L’ Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante. My mother is 1/2 Sicilian and Nena and I are both part Sicilian as well, so when charged with picking our wine, I chose the only Sicilian on the list…a Nero d’Avola. It was delicious…and extremely food friendly (I…

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A Discussion of the James Beard Writing Award Nominees

As I continue to catch up on all the happenings from last week, Alder of Vinography (one of my favorite wine blogs) offers nice commentary on the James Beard Writing Award nominees for 2005. It is certainly great to see an Internet writing category…and I share Alder’s hope that maybe blogs will get a sub-category some day. I’m not going to hold my breath…I think we’re still seen as "renegades" in a way…because we don’t have a "real journalist" serving as an editor…but no blogger I know would ever want it any other way. Personally, I think it’s great that…

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