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Joe’s Featured Wine: Antica Masseria del Sigillo Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia, Italy 2016 D.O.P.
$17.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 100% Primitivo. Six months in large French oak barrels (botti).

Joe’s Wine of the Week: Charles Smith Eve Chardonnay, Washington 2014
Charles Smith Eve Chardonnay, Washington 2014 $16.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 100% Chardonnay, whole-cluster pressed,

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

Bring It On Home: In Search of Sonny Boy Williamson
As shown in the Martin Scorsese 1978 film, The Last Waltz: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members of the

Hot Tuna in 2005
Hot Tuna in 2005: Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady’s Enduring Musical Journey Interviews with Jorma and Jack Hot Tuna in

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

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