All posts in May 2022

It was 46 years ago this month that the wine world experienced its very own version of The Shot Heard ‘Round the World: the 1976 showdown between Californian and French wines organized by late British wine merchant Steven Spurrier. It is still reverberating. The event became known as the Judgment of Paris not only because it was…

Wander the streets of the northern Italian city of Parma, and you may be struck, as I have been, by the innumerable small food shops, cafes and wine bars that display local charcuterie and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses in their flamboyantly dressy windows. So much so, that you might get the idea that citizens of, and visitors…