The O-N-D Chronicles Sombudsman I got an email from my buddy, the Big Guy, early Saturday morning. “Enjoyed our lunch together. I’ve been thinking about the Blue Sky.” I had no recollection of what he was talking about, regarding the blue sky,...

A cautionary tale, jettisoned from the vacuum of commerce Back in the early 1980’s I decided to make wine. It started out as a way to identify with the winemaker and their task. I was fortunate and made some wine that I liked to drink. The problem...

One never knows what a day will bring on the wine trail. Yesterday started out with a snow flurry in the morning followed by a lunch with my wine men's group in a local restaurant. The food was good, but I managed to get in an off-kilter mood by...

Revised Dec 1, 2009 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have been able to find seven more, the newest, “Amarone della Valpolicella” and “Recioto della Valpolicella”(the...

A few years ago, one of my wine mentors passed away, leaving me with a pile of wine books with notes placed inside them. Every once in a while I come upon one; they are like my continuing education from the other side. This weekend, while I was placing...