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Mike Madaio

@lifeattable.bsky.social
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Author, “A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches,” out now. (Ordering info in bio link.) Also write about PA wine and Italian wine and food. lifeattable.com

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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 7h
Imaging having to read a 376-page wine list before dining
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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 12h
Another banger in the Globe today about the men and women of the Santa Maria di Prata Society in Cranston, R.I., locked in a bitter feud. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/12/m...
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A gender war is tearing apart this venerable Italian American community - The Boston Globe
Women’s Auxiliary members of the Santa Maria di Prata Society in Cranston, R.I., want equal standing. The men don’t even want them in the kitchen anymore.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
OK UK people, here’s one where an American tries Jaffa Cakes for the first time. lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-fascin...
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The Fascinating and Hilarious Culture of Jaffa Cakes
One of the UK's favorite snacks prompts endless debate
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ever heard of the Sicilian wine grape Lucignola? lifeattable.substack.com/p/loving-luc...
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Loving Lucignola
Rediscovering a Sicilian beauty
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ever heard of the Sicilian wine grape Lucignola? lifeattable.substack.com/p/loving-luc...
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Loving Lucignola
Rediscovering a Sicilian beauty
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Post about a fight at Waffle House, or the Waffle House hurricane index, and it’ll go viral in a heartbeat. But what if I want to talk about the food? lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-countr...
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How would you feel if in 2027 67 Pall Mall added an AI-assisted wine writing category?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Arctic” Barolo wine, which according to Henrik Dahl Jahnsen, President of the Norwegian Sommelier Association, was fresher and more youthful than its traditionally cellared counterpart, and notable for its wild fruits, flowers and crunchy tannins. Are you skeptical or intrigued?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is it Mataòssu or Lumassina? I’m not sure, but the wine sure is tasty. lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-myster...
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The Mystery of Mataòssu
A Ligurian adventure with Punta Crena
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Lars Marius Garshol @larsga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My new book is finally out! A short, readable overall history of beer tracing the long lines in the development of beer. Seeing history like that inevitably brings out an overlooked side of the history of beer: beer as a source of massive power. Please repost! www.garshol.priv.no/download/pow...
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The Power of Beer
Personal site of Lars Marius Garshol.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is it Mataòssu or Lumassina? I’m not sure, but the wine sure is tasty. lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-myster...
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The Mystery of Mataòssu
A Ligurian adventure with Punta Crena
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Jane Mayl🍷n 🍇 @janetrad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How one of the best harvests on record will be remembered (falsely) as the harvest when #champagne became a high alcohol beverage. Debunking the 15% champagne reporting by @carohenry.bsky.social
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The origin of the “Champagne at 15% ABV” hoax
Or Champagne’s take on Shakespeare’s comedy of errors
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A bit on the story of Pecorino for Italian Wine Podcast www.italianwinepodcast.com/italian-wine...
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Back from the Brink: How the Pecorino Grape was Saved from Extinction
The Pecorino grape was nearly lost. Mike Madaio IWA tells how Guido Cocci Grifoni brought it back — and why this Marche white still matters.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don’t know if it is AI or just someone who doesn’t know how to use Photoshop, but WE keeps using these absolutely terrible wine bottle collages. 🤦‍♂️
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Silly me, I wrote an article for a wine writing contest without using AI. lifeattable.substack.com/p/life-paire...
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Life, Paired
What Wine to Pair with Everything
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Miquel Hudin @hudin.com · 10/09/2026
So what are we to make of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards granting a prize to a 100% AI generated piece of short-form writing?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Serious question: can you think of a more tone deaf ad campaign (non political) than the current Meta “we’re betting on people” one?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Huh? 🤔
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Grape Harvest at Rüdesheim (Rheingau), Germany, c. 1900
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How reliable is this wine - Suavia Soave Classico?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Interesting fact I just learned on NPR. After the Civil War, the US govt auctioned off around 1.3 million firearms to the public. This explains so much.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a great example of something innocuous that shows how stupid we’re becoming as a society. This company suggests we can decide the most and least popular brands of ice cream in the country based on … wait for it… Google searches! It’s almost as if sales data didn’t exist! 🤦‍♂️
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Though I normally avoid bulk juice that’s been gussied up with a celebrity label like the plague, this wine just seemed worth trying yesterday. 🤷
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Neil P Bardhan @neilpbardhan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Okay, not enough people are talking about this: the Thursday scream!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just saw one of those oval car stickers that read GSM… that’s definitely for Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre, right?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
While this region does appear to also grow some interesting varieties, just once it would be nice to hear about an up and coming American vineyard where the star grape isn’t one that every other region in the US already grows.
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Brian Alberts @brewedculture.org · 13/08/2026
NA Trappist beer. What a time to be alive.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If you didn’t already hate the Lakers…
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Artisanswiss @artisanswiss.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s always been my belief that wine is the healthiest of all the alcoholic drinks. The alcohol is alcohol crowd just got some push back. Very important study that needs to be shared. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Wine, beer, or spirits? Massive study finds a surprising health divide
A study tracking more than 340,000 adults for over a decade found that heavy drinking increased the risk of death regardless of beverage type. At lower levels, however, the picture became more surpris...
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Forget the single winery idea… What would actually be cool is if regions did this. Like for example the Wines of Portugal tasting room in Lisbon.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Food writing doesn’t pay well, but I just went to the grocery store and bought nothing but 12 pints of ice cream and 3 bottles of wine, and that’s just not an experience everyone gets to have.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
ever heard of this, wine nerds?
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Avery Hage @averyhage.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Babe Ruth isn’t real is the new Wilt didn’t drop 100.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
FIFA has a funny set-up where every country gets exactly one vote which means small countries are way overrepresented and you can hang on to power by promising little giveaways to those countries and their reps. Thankfully no similar system exists in the United States government, that would be bad
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Two things I’ll always remember about meeting the great Emidio Pepe… 1. When we pulled up to the property, he was working shirtless in the chicken coop, which is the best IRL example I’ve ever seen that even famous winemakers get their hands dirty. 2. Later, in the tasting room…
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
RIP to one of the great ones www.gamberorosso.it/notizie/attu...
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È morto Emidio Pepe, il vignaiolo che aveva capito il futuro del vino cinquant'anni prima degli altri - Gambero Rosso
Si è spento a 94 anni Emidio Pepe, uno dei più grandi vignaioli italiani. Fu tra i primi a credere nella longevità del Montepulciano e del Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, anticipando una nuova idea di…
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Mike @85mf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
fwiw I’ve been thinking about calling him LeBron Jim
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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Loire wine maker Baumard will start their harvest beginning of August. A first.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I kinda liked the Farmer’s insurance jingle before they made it their entire identity. Now it just makes me hate them. Classic advertising malpractice.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
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Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
time, that eternal now, is a trickster.
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Watching Family Feud, last question, needs 31 points for the 20K. Steve: “What country makes the best wine?” Contestant: “Sweden”
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If everything is a conspiracy (life on the internet in 2026), is nothing a conspiracy?
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I recently published the summer issue of my Pennsylvania wine newsletter. It's free and only four times per year, so please consider signing up if this topic interests you. pavineco.substack.com/p/pa-wine-up...
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PA Wine Update, Summer 2026
PA's role in America (Wine) 250, a visit to Grace Winery, and more
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Now I understand
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Mike Madaio @lifeattable.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wine is complex and rewards those who are innately curious. The more you know, the more you realize there is to learn. As such, how much do you think the trend towards endless social media scrolling / reels / etc. is responsible for lower interest in wine from the general public?
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