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Vinography.com led with an edgy piece, featuring a great photo yesterday pointing out the writing of Jancis Robinson, who speaking recently in Ronda, Spain, proclaimed that wine critics were parasites. In an article appearing on Decanter.com, she is quoted as saying: “We must always remember that we are parasites on the business of winemaking.”

“Poco, ma Buono,” in Italian, literally, “Little, but Good,” is a deceptively simple phrase that sums up in a remarkably succinct way the Italian approach to so much of what is great in the wine, food, and culture. Take, for example, espresso (not “expresso”). Invented by a Milanese businessman as a way to encourage his [...]

Being a big fan of Italian wine bars, I was interested in the buzz generated by ‘inoteca, in particular the legendary waits required to get a table. The product of Batali alums from Otto, Lupa, and the former ‘Ino, ‘inoteca was to outdo their predecessors, and bring the Batali esthetic to the Lower East Side.