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Joe’s Featured Wine: Adelsheim Vineyard Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2015
$26.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 91 points – Wine Spectator 91 points – Wine Enthusiast

Joe’s Wine of the Week: J. Wilkes Pinot Blanc Santa Maria Valley 2014
J. Wilkes Pinot Blanc Santa Maria Valley 2014 $18.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) Ripe apple,

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

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

Slitti: A Tuscan Chocolate Tale
Head out west on the A11 autostrada from Florence, exit at Montecatini Terme and drive south to Monsummano. Eventually you’ll

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