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French classroom painting showing a child wearing a dunce cap, 1880

DUMB MONEY WINES

Wall Street has meme stocks. Wine has Château Margaux and cult Napa Cab. The herd has been doing this for decades. We just never called it what it is.

The Fiera del Bue Grasso in Carrù, Piedmont — Italy's oldest fat ox festival

The Slow Life

December 1992. Carrù, Piedmont. A cow's head in a stock pot. Carlo Petrini standing next to me. A local TV crew. And the broth that changed the argument.

Ottin Torrette Superiore × Grilled Salmon

Ottin Torrette Superiore × Grilled Salmon

— A haiku — Grill char, alpine fruit Acid threads the salmon's fat Mountains meet the sea A mountain red with grilled salmon. Trust me. The 2022 Ottin Torrette Superiore comes from the Alps. It's made from Petit Rouge, a grape that grows almost nowhere else. Cranberry. Dried