WHAT’S THE REAL GOOD LIFE

Tony Bennett sings a bittersweet song about it. Kenney Chesney learns about it at a bar after a fight with his wife. The good life. That’s what this column is supposed to be about. But what is it exactly. How do you get it, maintain it. Well, here are a few ideas… Coming home after

WHY BOTHER TO CHOOSE

“Vino bianco con pesce. Con carne, rosso.” (“White wine with fish. With meat, red.”) Old Italian saying. Old sayings have to get started someplace, but this one really makes me scratch my head sometimes. How did this one get started? Who really sat down and taste-tested different wines with different dishes and how did this

OPICI VINO BIANCO

“the fish bottle wine” The Opici wine bottle invokes so many memories that it is even hard to put into words. Years back when I was first married (which goes back quite a ways) I was drawn to this wine because of the distinctively styled bottle, which was at the time my first consideration. But,