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Joe’s Featured Wine: Gérard Bertrand Réserve Spéciale Chardonnay, Pays d’Oc, France 2015
$17.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 100% Chardonnay Some of the wine is matured for 10

Joe’s Wine of the Week: 75 Wine Company Cabernet Sauvignon, California 2015
The Seventy-Five Wine Company, 75 Cabernet Sauvignon, California 2015 $24.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR) 100%

A Tennis Legend: An Interview with Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta was one of the most talented and dynamic tennis players in the history of the game. In the

Carol Channing 1921-2019
With the passing this week of a legend of the theater stage, Carol Channing, at the age of 97, a

Bring It On Home: In Search of Sonny Boy Williamson
As shown in the Martin Scorsese 1978 film, The Last Waltz: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members of the

The Pursuit and Quagmire of Obtaining an Italian Drivers License
Probably the most convoluted and annoying Italian bureaucratic headache I’ve experienced so far was the process of obtaining my Italian

Carnevale in Venice 2003
This year I decided to visit Venice with some friends during Carnival, known as Carnevale di Venezia. I stayed at