McDuff's Food & Wine Trail

In case anyone has been wondering, no, I haven't stopped drinking and enjoying wine. Since the beginning of the New Year, journeys in F...

I hate to say it but yes, after a week of silence, this is just a teaser post.  This Thursday, February 24, I'll be conducting an Introd...

At the top of a hill in Corno di Rosazzo, just steps across the border from the Collio into the Colli Orientali del Friuli zone, lies the es...

As I mentioned yesterday and as many of my colleagues have also reported, each day of our trip thus far has begun, at least in the "of...

The highlight of yesterday's itinerary, for me, was an all too brief visit at Ronco del Gnemiz .  More on that later.... This morning I...

Our first official winery visit of the COF2011 (this was on Monday, mind you) took us to Azienda Agricola Valentino Butussi, in the hamlet o...

After a long flight from Philly to Paris, what seemed like twenty laps around Charles de Gaulle airport in a terminal transport bus, and ano...

In just a few hours, I'll be boarding a plane to Paris, final flight destination Venice, where I'll be meeting up with my friends Je...

Given that I've been maintaining strict radio silence here for well over a week, I figured it's about time to make a little noise......