Read Jason Tesauro’s Latest Cover Story for Sommelier Journal

Twice, they slaughtered the spring lamb for us. A 9-year-old chess prodigy, son of a signer of his country’s Declaration of Independence, checkmated me in four moves. And then there was the Fetească-fueled feast during a total lunar eclipse. It’s all part of my recent discovery of the “Wines of Moldova: Velvet Behind The Iron Curtain“.

The New York Times on Tesauro’s Sommelier Journal cover story:

“In this unexpectedly engrossing piece, Jason Tesauro journeys into Eastern Europe to relish and investigate the wines of Moldova.”

— Jeff Gordinier

From The New York Times, December 8, 2011