by Monte Belmonte | Apr 22, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
You may have recently seen the New York Times story about the anglicized version of the Finnish word kalsarikannit. The translation, and the trending hashtag that goes with it, is #pantsdrunk. It’s part of the Finnish of knowing you’re going nowhere, taking your...
by Monte Belmonte | Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
With the threat of coronavirus, the increasing potential that we will have at least four more years of a demagogue in the highest office, and Tom Brady considering leaving the Patriots, we are living in the End Times. You need to get yourself prepared. “Preppers”...
by Monte Belmonte | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
In my last column, I mentioned how my main motivations for writing this column are to justify my habit and to get free wine, and how I’ve succeeded on both counts. I also wrote about some rather good wines that just miraculously showed up on my doorstep, as if...
by Monte Belmonte | Jan 14, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
I wake up very early every morning and one of the first things I do is check my phone for New York Times push notifications to make sure Donald Trump hasn’t destroyed the world. As of my writing this, he hasn’t. But not for lack of trying. I got a push notification...
by Monte Belmonte | Jan 3, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
Northampton’s soon-to-be-sworn in Ward 1 Councilor also happens to be one of the biggest players in wine in Massachusetts, and I meet with him for lunch over wine at Northampton’s Filo’s Greek Taverna. It’s BYOB. He doesn’t let me pay. Ethics-schmethics. Michael...
