I love Lagrein, especially in the middle of the summer. When it’s sticky and sweaty out, I imagine that I’m drinking this wine after a long hike through the Dolomites in Alto Adige, where this wine hails from.

I had a professor in grad school who never failed to point out the most glaringly obvious themes in whatever play we were reading and treat them like trenchant insights — gee, Tennessee Williams’ homosexuality …

So I heard back from the fine folks at J. Emerson, and here’s what we’re going to be tasting (these are their comments, not mine):

Do Ferreiro Albarino 2006 (Rias Baixas, Spain): Hands down, one of …

In a few weeks I’ll be headed to Richmond for an informal reunion with some middle school friends. Time to bust out the scrunchies, pegged jeans, and Violent Femmes tapes…and now that we can drink …