This has been quite the weekend of bad news I must say but I know that we all have to look to the future with optimism. Someone I know well lost someone dear to them, that horrible accident on Giglio, then the news of Giuseppe Quintarelli’s death. Like almost everyone else, I was thrilled by his wines and intrigued by the person. There is an article on www. acinoparlante.it by an Italian wine journalist that is a beautiful tribute.

For those who can’t read Italian, Eric Asimov’s tribute in yesterday’s New York Times is touching as well.