http://vinofictions.com/2007/10/06/im-back/ the blog that proves "in vino veritas" Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://vinofictions.com/2007/10/06/im-back/#comment-161 Thomas Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:47:10 +0000 http://vinofictions.com/2007/10/06/im-back/#comment-161 They are calling for Berlusconi to come back! Can you believe it? Like whether or not there will be water that day, Italians seem to like political surprises regularly... They are calling for Berlusconi to come back! Can you believe it? Like whether or not there will be water that day, Italians seem to like political surprises regularly…

]]> http://vinofictions.com/2007/10/06/im-back/#comment-160 Blind Muscat Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:30:32 +0000 http://vinofictions.com/2007/10/06/im-back/#comment-160 Thomas, nice to have you back. I'm pretty much on your side on the Piedmont barrique civil war. A couple years back, my wife and I and some friends visited winemaker Giuseppe Rinaldi, a militant of the Barolo old school. He was at first stand-offish about yet another bunch of Americans, but when we indicated we were not fans of the Bush administration, he opened up. Down in the cellar, as he pulled one barrel sample after another for us, we all ended up chanting, "No Bush! No Blair! No Berlusconi! No barrique!" Thomas, nice to have you back. I’m pretty much on your side on the Piedmont barrique civil war. A couple years back, my wife and I and some friends visited winemaker Giuseppe Rinaldi, a militant of the Barolo old school. He was at first stand-offish about yet another bunch of Americans, but when we indicated we were not fans of the Bush administration, he opened up. Down in the cellar, as he pulled one barrel sample after another for us, we all ended up chanting, “No Bush! No Blair! No Berlusconi! No barrique!”

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