Category Archives: Wine

Sommelier Wine Tour in Barolo

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Skip Walter

After a delightful morning in Barbaresco and a refreshing lunch in Serralunga d’Alba, it was time to reconnect with our OneOnTheHill Somm team for a visit to a Barolo winery. We wandered through the streets of this Barolo hill top village … Continue reading →

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Sommelier Wine Tour in Barbaresco

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Skip Walter

As part of planning a trip to the Piedmont and Tuscany areas of Italy in October 2023, I came across OneontheHill Homes. I reached out to Chiara to find out about the homes. They all looked inviting but were outside of my … Continue reading →

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AI Video Generator

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Skip Walter

I am a sucker for AI art generation whether photos, or paintings or videos. Today’s Product Hunt pointed to a Free AI Video Generator by Collov. I could not resist. I just had to try it. The prompt I used was … Continue reading →

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Slow Food Cooking in San Gimignano

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Skip Walter

As we sipped a Borgogno Barolo on the outdoor patio of our room at Agriturismo Il Casolare di Bucciano outside of San Gimignano, we got around to discussing what we wanted to do for dinner. I pulled up Google maps … Continue reading →

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Experiencing an old Barolo Winery

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Skip Walter

On our recent trip to Italy, we tried to visit all the primary wine villages of the Barolo and Barbaresco wine regions. On our first visit to the village of Barolo, we came across the crushing of grapes on a narrow … Continue reading →

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Experiencing a Vineyard

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Skip Walter

On our recent trip to Italy, we wanted to experience the fine wines of Piedmont and Tuscany. We were introduced to the Burzi winery and their wine at our OMG Dinner at Osteria Arborina in La Morra, Piedmont, Italy. We made … Continue reading →

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OMG Italian Meal in Barolo

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Skip Walter

I had my first “Oh My God” meal in Annunziata Italy, outside Barolo. We’d been introduced to OMG meals through Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy” series on CNN. In every episode, at some point Tucci would go “Oh my god” … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Labyrinth Growing

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Skip Walter

Patrick Reuter of Dominio IV wines has a long held dream of one day planting a vineyard in the shape of a labyrinth. Not just to produce a fine wine from the field blend, but a place to come walk … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Dominio IV Winery

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Skip Walter

You meet the best, most creative people in the wine industry. And you meet great families that surround these fine wine growers. One of the best is Patrick Reuter of Dominio IV winery. Along with being a fine wine maker, … Continue reading →

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What could an old fart possibly know about technology?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Skip Walter

The day started with my wonderful son-in-law sending me a reminder of how ancient a technology mariner I am. He’d found this “What if?” answer from XKCD on “If all digital data were stored on punch cards, how big would … Continue reading →

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