Supplement To The WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, January 29, 2009

Negative-Tilt+Triple Phase+Vortex Formation = Impressive Blizzard On February 2 - 4 I have not changed my thinking about the system forecast to affect the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada during the February 1 -...

Passion for Piedmont marks my Return to Wine Blogging Wednesday

My almost neighbor David McDuff just announced the theme for Wine Blogging Wednesday #54. I could not resist his call to share in the Passion for Piedmont which is what it will be all about. Tuscany might be the most romanticized wine region yet the northern Italian region of...

Chiara Boschis wines Rule: Dolcetto d'Alba (E.Pira, 2006)

Just realized that I have tasted a couple of new (to me) wines in the past week after my taste buds recovered from the side effects of my cold.One of them happens to be the Dolcetto d'Alba from E.Pira & Figli (Sons)...It is actually made by none other than Chiara Boschis...

Human Rights Group Commends Piedmont Regional Council for Landmark Legislation

Citizens Commission on Human Rights International and the Torino, Italy chapter of the group commended the Regional Council of Piedmont this week for its unanimous passage of a new law that protects the...

Tasmorcan (Barbera d'Asti)...The Label closed the Wine Sale

I was perusing the shelves at one of the local wine stores when an Italian red stopped me in my tracks or should I say its label did.  I liked the label shiny look and smooth feel. Not busy, the big letters spelled Tasmorcan and the little animal in the corner, a badger...

Menage a Trois: Rocchetta from Piedmont: Add to Favorites

I have been off the Cheese path recently and realized that I forgot to recommend Rocchetta, a special treat from Piedmont which I tasted about a week ago.

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