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Blog Posts
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Pre-Prohibition Cocktails
at Cappella Restaurant, Needham, MA Before neon signs flickered behind bars, before mixology became a hashtag, the American cocktail was already a cultural force—shaped by immigration, innovation, and a rapidly changing nation. In the mid‑19th and early 20th centuries, the saloon was more than a place to drink. It was a public living room, a… Read More
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Tasting the Wines of La Spinetta: Barolo, Barbaresco, and Derthona
A review of my blogs will reveal a particular affection for the wines of La Spinetta. So it should surprise no one that I would undertake another studied journey through a number of La Spinetta wines, focusing not on the broad range of wines produced, but instead on a select few wines, the highlight being… Read More
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A Revisited Journey Through Brunello di Montalcino
Back in August of 2024 we tasted through a broad flight of Brunello di Montalcino wines, reaching back as far as 1997. The wines all showed magnificently, as written up here. Given the extraordinary quality of recent vintages in Brunello di Montalcino, Musings undertook to revisit the region with another collection of spectacular wines. Before… Read More
