Amazing color; perfumes to die for; tannins, acidity and PH perfect. Many say it's the best Brunello vintage in the last 30 years.
The remaining 20%? Something for the birds in winter.
Thank you Patron Saint of Vintners, whoever you are!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Vendemmia
Happiness is a full cellar. I'm grinning ear to ear because our ideal location on the southwest slopes of Montalcino has allowed 80% of our Sangiovese grapes (for Brunello di Montalcino) to make it into the cellar - perfectly ripe and mature by Friday, Oct 4th afternoon. Just in time to beat the torrential rains of Saturday.
Amazing color; perfumes to die for; tannins, acidity and PH perfect. Many say it's the best Brunello vintage in the last 30 years.
The remaining 20%? Something for the birds in winter.
Thank you Patron Saint of Vintners, whoever you are!
Amazing color; perfumes to die for; tannins, acidity and PH perfect. Many say it's the best Brunello vintage in the last 30 years.
The remaining 20%? Something for the birds in winter.
Thank you Patron Saint of Vintners, whoever you are!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Want to vicariously travel the seven seas? Need a calendar for 2014? Ours just came out!
Order from W. W. Norton or amazon.com
"The Seven Seas Calendar will take you to the last reaches of natural beauty, solitude, and silence. Sail away to another time, to where there
is only sea and sun and the night sky thick with
stars. Anchor at islands with names like
Orkney, Tonga, and Huahine. Nautical charts enhance
each journey to hidden coves and magical archipelagos."
• 31st year as North America’s #1
sailing calendar
• Highest quality, suitable for framing
Order from W. W. Norton or amazon.com
Friday, September 6, 2013
The Glow of Dawn, Venice
The glow of dawn. The mystery of the darkness seeps into the stones, the canals, the lagoon. In windows, the first lights shine; looking forward to the promises of the day, but still—or already—longing for the night.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Rick Steves Interview
Check out a fun interview I did with Rick that recently aired about my historical adventure novels. The first, Ghost Sea, takes place in British Columbia's wild northern islands and the second, Sea of Lost Dreams, unfolds in Tahiti and the Marquesas.
Romance, Anthropology and Sailing - all in one thrilling series! Stay tuned for the third installment of Dugger & Nello's adventures.
http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/protected/program336/pgm336_segb.mp3
“A great read; not only a gripping story but also one of the most dramatic and detailed sailing adventures of all time.” —Walter Cronkite
“Ferenc Maté has re-invented the genre we haven't seen since London and Conrad; polished writing, humanism and sheer adventurism.”—WoodenBoat
“An hypnotic tale written by a master mariner and story teller… Sure to be a treasured classic.”—Pacific Yachting
“What a novel! I loved it from the first pages….a novel of substance and a page-turner.”
Romance, Anthropology and Sailing - all in one thrilling series! Stay tuned for the third installment of Dugger & Nello's adventures.
http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/protected/program336/pgm336_segb.mp3
"It's Joseph Conrad meets Elmore Leonard."—Vancouver Sun
and the sequel...
Reviews for Ghost Sea:
“A great read; not only a gripping story but also one of the most dramatic and detailed sailing adventures of all time.” —Walter Cronkite
“Ferenc Maté has re-invented the genre we haven't seen since London and Conrad; polished writing, humanism and sheer adventurism.”—WoodenBoat
“An hypnotic tale written by a master mariner and story teller… Sure to be a treasured classic.”—Pacific Yachting
“What a novel! I loved it from the first pages….a novel of substance and a page-turner.”
—Cruising World
“An action-packed sea adventure that's also an anthropological thriller.”—John Rousmaniere, author of The Annapolis Book of Seamanship and After the Storm
“Gut-wrenching action, characters so beautifully damaged that your heart will ache for them, with a storm saga that could only have been written by a deep water sailor. The best ‘Tahiti’ novel since Mutiny on the Bounty.”—Mark Anderson, Adventure TI
“Profoundly moving, deeply disturbing and terrifyingly beautiful. The characters are strong yet mysterious; the action is never-ending and compelling. Ferenc Maté is the leading sailing adventure writer of our time”—WoodenBoat
“Sea of Lost Dreams will be a timeless classic. Mr. Maté has taken the baton handed him by Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville.”—Primo
“One hell of a storm-tossed voyage full of intrigue, romance and surprise. You won't put down Sea of Lost Dreams once you've cracked the cover.”—Cruising World
“A thrilling page-turner. A gripping search in a violent world of revolution in the South Seas of the 1920s.”—John Rousmaniere
“An action-packed sea adventure that's also an anthropological thriller.”—John Rousmaniere, author of The Annapolis Book of Seamanship and After the Storm
Reviews for Sea of Lost Dreams:
“Gut-wrenching action, characters so beautifully damaged that your heart will ache for them, with a storm saga that could only have been written by a deep water sailor. The best ‘Tahiti’ novel since Mutiny on the Bounty.”—Mark Anderson, Adventure TI
“Profoundly moving, deeply disturbing and terrifyingly beautiful. The characters are strong yet mysterious; the action is never-ending and compelling. Ferenc Maté is the leading sailing adventure writer of our time”—WoodenBoat
“Sea of Lost Dreams will be a timeless classic. Mr. Maté has taken the baton handed him by Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville.”—Primo
“One hell of a storm-tossed voyage full of intrigue, romance and surprise. You won't put down Sea of Lost Dreams once you've cracked the cover.”—Cruising World
“A thrilling page-turner. A gripping search in a violent world of revolution in the South Seas of the 1920s.”—John Rousmaniere
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