This week I attended a fantastic tasting of the Wines of Lombardy — a region in the north of Italy west of Venice. I haven’t been to Lago di Garda (Italy’s largest lake), but Lake Como is, for my money, the most beautiful place on Earth. And I visited it long before George Clooney took [...]

While I am a prodigious drinker, I have to admit that I have neglected Oregon and Washington wines — mainly because they can be hard to find. I don’t often get a chance to taste them, and many are above the $20 price point at which I usually cut myself off (hey, there’s a recession [...]