Food & Wine - 4 Maggio 2018 An Oregon Winery Surrenders to Life What does it mean to have a life worth living? Does it mean we work on it, shape it, nurture it, and try to make the world a better place? Yes to all of those things but it can be exhausting to try to control it every second of the day; sometimes we fall into a dark spiral downwards when it doesn’t live up to expectations. Like some Oregon wine producers, sometimes it is better to surrender to the mysteries of life.
Food & Wine - 24 Aprile 2018 Bipartisan Agreement that Protects the Names of Wine Regions The main reason why I keep falling in love over and over again with the wine world is because of the sense of a global community that is among those who appreciate well-made wines. It is a world that doesn’t offer riches except in the form of drink, food and community. In a modern politicized world, where too many people are just out for themselves, it comes down to wine producers to show Washington what the spirit of coming together looks like.
Food & Wine - 9 Aprile 2018 Implementing Change While Respecting Sanctity of Saint-Émilion Wines The exquisite beauty of Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, lies in its protected monastic history that is displayed by the limestone buildings which transport one to another place and time. It was certainly exciting to learn of all the progressive winemaking projects that Couvent des Jacobins was employing but it made me beam with joy to know that the importance of keeping the convent a sacred place was still paramount.
Food & Wine - 9 Marzo 2018 Frescobaldi Wine Creating a More Compassionate World Frescobaldi Toscana’s newest wine project working with prison inmates on the penal colony island of Gorgona, off the coast of Tuscany, shows a glimmer of hope for second chances. A tasting with Lamberto Frescobaldi gives an insight into the moment he realized that some incarcerated criminals are capable of living a better life when released if given the tools they need to function in society.
Food & Wine - 24 Gennaio 2018 Chilean Wines: Sometimes We Need to Embrace Discomfort to Promote Diversity There is a movement that is starting, and hopefully it will continue to progress for many years to come. It is the recognition that words, as well as actions, that can demean people or whole countries based on their sex, race, or the general prejudice held by others, needs to be condemned. But that is not enough to continually fuel this movement; all of us need to evaluate our own choices in life and ask the question, “Are we proactively making the world a more diverse place?".