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Joe’s Featured Wine: Peter Lehmann Portrait Shiraz, Barossa, Australia 2014
$17.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 92 points – Tasting Panel 100% Shiraz from Barossa Matured

Joe’s Featured Wine: Seaglass Pinot Grigio, Central Coast, California 2018
$10.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) Aromas of lemongrass, grapefruit, and honeysuckle. Pear, apple and a

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

Margot Fonteyn: Celebrating the Life of the Last Great Ballerina
“A bird of beautiful plumage taking pleasure and exulting in its wings.” — British poet Sacheverell Sitwell’s description of Margot

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

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