October 31, 2011
Two-thirds into my three-month-long, French winemaking internship, and you might except a blog post about the ‘vinification du vin’ or ‘décuvage’ or some other aspect of making wine. That will be for a subsequent post, however, as I want to pay tribute here to a special friend. . A mid-October lunch in Italy’s Alto Adige [...]
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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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