#iItaly based writer. Author of South of Somewhere: #Wine, #Food and the Soul of Italy, and twice-monthly column @winespectator.com

Joined January 2009
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For Love of Fiano “It’s a manifesto,” says Di Meo of his just-released 1993 white, “I want to declare to the world the potential of our terroir and the aging of Fiano.”open.substack.com/pub/robert…

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MY LATEST post-- a letter from the Sicilian countryside with Arianna Occhipinti. open.substack.com/pub/robert…

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"Now that so many cellars are sterilized (to avoid that lovely mold), the wines taste fruity to me. I mean if you want fruity, great, go buy fruit juice and save a lot of money," says wine pioneer Kermit Lynch in our conversation about his debut novel. winespectator.com/articles/a…
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“In wine, there’s a lot of pessimism now. But I don’t believe it,” says Italian billionaire Sandro Veronesi, who is investing in wine retail and wineries. “For the things that please people and make them happy, like wine, there will always be a market.” winespectator.com/articles/i…
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