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Teaching a dog a new trick while hiking in the Pyrenees

April 25, 2010

Our two-and-a-half hour hike up a broad glacial valley had brought us to the limit of our energy reserves. We–myself, my wife, our three young sons, and our family dog, a four-year-old, half-Italian, half-English black Labrador named Enzo—were on our second hike, in as many days, in the Pyrenees. Our base was Luchon, a spa [...]

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The monsters hiding in the vines

March 11, 2010

Photographing grapevines has become a pet passion of mine since I started The Vine Route blog. Mostly I’m looking at them as part of the landscape—a way of capturing the beauty and uniqueness of each vineyard. While at the recent Vinisud (held from February 22 to 24 in Montpellier) I had the opportunity to see [...]

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My Twenty-Ten resolutions

January 6, 2010

Tradition dictates that every 365 days you should try to kick bad habits and start your life anew, so here’s my list (not in any particular order) of New Year’s Resolutions for 2010: To stop using, when describing winemakers, words like “passion” or “passionate.” This came to mind while reading a January 1 Financial Times [...]

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Holiday greetings

December 24, 2009

Photo by Martin Goodman

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Furbo-powered scandals

December 16, 2009

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will need up to several weeks rest following his attack while giving a speech on the evening of December 13 in front of Milan’s Duomo, the city’s massive Gothic cathedral. A 42-year-old man with a history of mental illness hurled a softball-sized souvenir statue of the cathedral at Berlusconi’s face, [...]

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