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The Wines of Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County is a fascinating wine region. Its vineyards are the furthest south of California’s Central Coast, yet it

Joe’s Featured Wine: North by Northwest NxNW, Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington, 2013
$24.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 75% Cabernet Sauvignon / 21% Merlot / 4% Cabernet Franc

A Tennis Legend: An Interview with Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta was one of the most talented and dynamic tennis players in the history of the game. In the

Carol Channing 1921-2019
With the passing this week of a legend of the theater stage, Carol Channing, at the age of 97, a

The Rome Film Festival Debut 2006
Reporting to you all this week from the press room at the Cinema Festa Internazionale di Roma running from Friday

The Pursuit and Quagmire of Obtaining an Italian Drivers License
Probably the most convoluted and annoying Italian bureaucratic headache I’ve experienced so far was the process of obtaining my Italian

Harry’s Bar: A Celebration of a Modern-Day Wonder of Venice
Arriving in Venice I drove across the laguna on the Ponte della Libertà and into the Garage Communale around