Look Who's Talking

A few comments from people about On The Wine Trail in Italy

"You are blessed with a gift of astute perception and a wonderfully romantic mind." - John Mariani - Villa Banfi

"you are too clever by half."
"you do capture the magic. "
"always fun to read." - Regina Schrambling


"I'll be following you....."
"It's a fun read.loved the blog on pizza." -Michael Bauer


"I have been reading your blog for the past few weeks and have really taken an interest in what you have to say. I look forward to the new posts each time they come out. Keep up the great work! "-AJ Vaynerchuk- vaynermedia


"You are definitely the Italian wine guy." Alder Yarrow - Vinography

"You're a standard setter" - Evan Dawson
New York Cork Report and author of Summer in a Glass

The first time I read "On the Wine Trail in Italy" I wasn't sure why I liked it. But I kept on reading. And now I look forward to reading whatever Alfonso writes. Unlike the vast majority of bloggers, he has a strong and unique voice; he fills us with his words. So, really, he's a ventriloquist and we are his dummies. - Ron Washam, HMW

"The Consiglieri of Italian Wine "-Tom Wark - Fermentation


"only God could inspire that kind of writing" - Iris Burnett - We're Just Sayin

"Just read a few posts, nice work! Keep it up! Congrats you have done a great job here"- Gary Vaynerchuk 


The day I started blogging I never imagined the good people and the goodness that would come into my life because of that... You are certainly at the top of that list...

Italian Wine Guy aka Alfonso Cevola, another good friend of mine, is hands-down the top Italian wine blogger in the U.S. This guy knows his stuff and his blog is a daily read for me. I love the way that Alfonso bends our genre, always pushing the envelope in ways that surprise and entertain me.
- Jeremy Parzen, Ph.D.


"I am a regular reader of your blog, On the Wine Trail in Italy. Your blog writing and pictures are unique and fantastic.-Rich @wineimbiber.com


"We so appreciate your Web site and the entire "virtual wine community" that is helping to create and nurture wine lovers " -Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

"I really must say you write one of the most delightful blogs on the net. Whenever I visit I am taken by its grace and beauty. Truly wonderful work." - Ken Payton- Reign of Terroir

On the Wine Trail in Italy is one of the web’s premier wine travel blogs .The blogs serves as a journal of the author’s travels to various vineyards throughout Italy as well as dealings abroad. Cevola’s writing is creative, poetic, thoughtful, and worth reading for anyone with a general interest in the international culture of wine. -Guide to Culinary Schools "50 wine blogs to please your palate"

Now THIS is some funny shizzle , Muzzle me timbers! - Anonymous

I do, on occasion, read Alfonso’s blog “On and On and On and On and On and On the Wine Trail in Italy.” Alfonso must have been Dante in a previous life, and is now being punished. But you never know what he’s going to say or how he’s going to say it, and that makes for compelling prose. I can hardly wait to read his English language version. Ron Washam aka Hosemaster

Beautiful and so thoughtful... as always. -Samantha Dugan

Patty, you are so right: Alfonso is tops in the writing dept. - Thomas Pellechia

Holy smokes, fire and brimstone, you can write A.  Best post I've read anywhere in a month, or more. - Genevelyn Steele Swallows

With wonderful words and photographs, you always manage to remind me how much I love Italy - Tony McClung

I've said it before and I'll say it again--da da da-da da-da daa...welcome ba-ack (bu-ba), your dreams were your ticket out..."- Tracie Branch Parzen

Thank Dionysius that there are people like you in the business. It's not all product and margins and profits.- Marco Romano