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Joe’s Featured Wine: Steele Pinot Blanc Santa Barbara County, California 2015
April 22, 2019
$18.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) Grapes sourced from Bien Nacido Vineyard. Fermented in stainless steel
Joe’s Featured Wine: Girard Petite Sirah, Napa Valley 2013
February 22, 2020
$27.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 100% Petite Sirah, aged 14 months in French, American, and
A Tennis Legend: An Interview with Adriano Panatta
August 14, 2006
Adriano Panatta was one of the most talented and dynamic tennis players in the history of the game. In the
Margot Fonteyn: Celebrating the Life of the Last Great Ballerina
June 21, 2019
“A bird of beautiful plumage taking pleasure and exulting in its wings.” — British poet Sacheverell Sitwell’s description of Margot
Carol Channing 1921-2019
January 18, 2019
With the passing this week of a legend of the theater stage, Carol Channing, at the age of 97, a
Locked in Lucca
January 24, 2003
One weekend in October last year, I decided to visit Lucca. I thought I was long over due to visit
Slitti: A Tuscan Chocolate Tale
August 16, 2005
Head out west on the A11 autostrada from Florence, exit at Montecatini Terme and drive south to Monsummano. Eventually you’ll