Bob Longenecker

@Kerryloves2trvl @PaddyBriggs @Constan70997526 Getting on a cruise ship soon, but no way I’m going on one of those oversized Petri dishes!

@PaddyBriggs @Constan70997526 Nuts

Hell on Earth.

@Totemhawer The only one we use for our Manhattans.

El vermouth que más me gusta.

Starting with the wine while preparing Sunday dinner. A blend of 32% Roussanne, 26% Viognier, 25% Chardonnay, & a bit of Gelber Muskateller & Petit Manseng, from all of Krankl’s vineyards. It’s quite sensational IMO. 2020 Sine Qua Non Distenta II White Wine. Cheers!

@jwalkermobile Don’t have a pic as it was so long ago. Might be Keller’s “Coffee and Donuts” at the French Laundry.

Show me the best dessert you’ve ever had, still for me, the Strawberry 🍓 Shortcake at The Polo Bar

@JamesLucasIT It’s magnificent in person

This was carved from a single block of marble by a 23 year old in 1622. Bernini turned stone into flesh... The sculpture is called the Abduction of Proserpina, and it depicts the moment described in Ovid's Metamorphoses, when the goddess Proserpina was gathering flowers in a meadow and the earth opened beneath her. Pluto, king of the underworld, rose from the dark to take her. Out of every instant in that abduction, Bernini chose the one when her feet leave the ground. She is suspended in his arms. She is no longer in the world above, and not yet in the world below. Her left hand pushes desperately against Pluto's face. Her right is thrown back toward a sky she will never see again. And where the god's fingers close around her thigh, the marble surrenders to them, dimpling inward as living flesh would, as though Bernini had reached the deepest secret of stone and discovered that it had always been waiting to give in. He used to boast that in his hands, "marble became as impressionable as wax and as soft as dough." On her right cheek, a single tear has been running for four hundred years... The work was commissioned in 1621 by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, who wanted it as a showpiece for his own villa. He kept it for less than a year. In the summer of 1622, with a new pope newly elected, he gave it away as a political gift to the pope's nephew, Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi. It disappeared into private hands for nearly three centuries. The Italian state bought it back in 1908 and returned it to the room it had been made for. It has been there ever since. I have stood in front of it, and I can tell you that nothing prepares you for the moment you actually see those fingers in her thigh. The marble seems alive and you forget, for a few seconds, that it is stone at all... -- -- -- If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: James-lucas.com/welcome If you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.

Final show of the season at the Fabulous Fox Theater. Monty Python’s Spamalot. It’s just a flesh wound!

@BartlettBacchus Haha!

@LongeneckerBob Yes, my wife and I put together a nice itinerary of wine and food stops in Italy before we head to Switzerland for a few days to recover from those wine and food stops. lol

Dinner at Fáula Ristorante in Ceretto. Started with Ligurian octopus in a hazelnut romesco sauce with purple chips. Followed by Anolini pasta with Seirass ricotta, herbs and Parmigiano Reggiano. Finished with the Mediterranean sea bass, garden vegetables and capers. Accompanied by an excellent 2009 Oddero Barolo Riserva Vignarionda #Piemonte

@jwalkermobile Poor Arnold!

Amazing Whole Pig dinner at Peasant in NYC. Pig was amazing, but best dish IMO was the ROSETTE RABBIT, MORELS, THUMBELINA CARROTS 🥕

@jnelson712 And it’s a Hayne!

Damaged labels = employee perks!

@jwalkermobile Every wine he makes is top notch!

@LongeneckerBob Yup

Any fans?

@PrittsWayne Nice one!

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! Steaks for the grill this evening. Opened a 2016 Schrader CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard to pair with the steaks. Outstanding bouquet. At a great spot now. Cheers!

Fresh jalapeños on pizza 🍕?

@JohnMFodera And the Turley wines are a terrific value. Solid consistent quality across a large portfolio of wines.

This is really really good.

Traveling to Howell Mountain. 2017 Dark Matter Zinfandel. Really nice. @MondaviSisters Cheers!

@ZoltanCsabaNagy Have some tucked away!

Booon @ Macarena. 🥘 taste is definitely rich. But need some time for getting bigger.

@SusanCost719 I haven’t had one of those in ages!

2015 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon is singing now! We’re celebrating- 🎉 finally having an awning installed over our Southern exposure deck so we can enjoy it throughout those hot summer days 🌞 (any excuse for Silver Oak, right?) Cheers🍷😎

@Latinpig66 @manfredk

Manfred is a genius @Manfredk. Cheers to great bottles.

@JohnMFodera @plasmatini Too many orders!

Ok, after all these years, this is a first. Literally had UPS and FedEx at my side door while DHL was knocking at the front. Then Western Carriers pulled up as DHL were leaving. I might have an issue. 😂😂😂😂 #Tuscanvines #SampleSeason