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Monte Belmonte Wines: Trump’s Next Assassination may be the European Wine Market

Monte Belmonte Wines: Trump’s Next Assassination may be the European Wine Market

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...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Michael Quinlan —  One Region at a Time

Monte Belmonte Wines: Michael Quinlan — One Region at a Time

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...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Sparkling wines for New Year’s Eve … and normal drinking days in 2020

Monte Belmonte Wines: Sparkling wines for New Year’s Eve … and normal drinking days in 2020

by Monte Belmonte | Dec 17, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

We are entering into the year 2020. That year sounds fake. Like a future I never imagined myself seeing. Where is my jetpack? Where is my visiphone? Oh, I have that? Nice! 2020 is, of course, an election year. If you are anything like me, you will be doing a lot of...
Monte Belmonte Wines: My Christmas Wine Wish List For Santa

Monte Belmonte Wines: My Christmas Wine Wish List For Santa

by Monte Belmonte | Dec 5, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

Dear Santa, It has been one year since my last confession. I have been a fair to moderately good boy. There has only been the occasional quid pro quo. And even when wine companies have shipped me free wine, I have been unafraid to damn them with faint praise in this...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Trying to Love Italian Wine

Monte Belmonte Wines: Trying to Love Italian Wine

by Monte Belmonte | Nov 21, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

At age 2, my grandfather emigrated from Bonito, Italy, on the good ship Colombo and docked in Ellis Island in 1922. He became a U.S. citizen the old fashioned way — by waiting in a relatively short line, getting deloused and having his name changed from Crescenzo to...
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