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Joe’s Featured Wine: Imagery Estate Winery Pinot Noir, California 2018
$15.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 92 points – Tasting Panel Almost entirely Pinot Noir with

Joe’s Wine of the Week: Lyeth Estate Meritage, Sonoma County 2012
Lyeth Estate Meritage Red Wine, Sonoma County, California 2012 $22.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas 57% Merlot

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

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

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

It’s Not Supposed to Snow in Tuscany!
No-no-no-no! This was not in the guidebook. This isn’t supposed to happen in Tuscany, but I kid you not. Snow

Locked in Lucca
One weekend in October last year, I decided to visit Lucca. I thought I was long over due to visit