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Jeremy Parzen (born 1967 in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
, United States) is an American wine writer and educator, blogger, food and wine historian, and musician who resides in Houston,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. He is author of the wine and lifestyle blog, ''Do Bianchi'', and was a co-editor, together with Italian wine writer
Franco Ziliani
# Franco Ziliani (Francesco Ziliani, born 09/23/1956 in Milan, died in 2021) is an Italian journalist, blogger and wine critic, with a specialty in Italian wines since 1985. He has contributed to several periodicals including ''Decanter'', ''A Tav ...
, of ''VinoWire'', a blog devoted to news from the world of Italian wine.
Parzen received his doctorate in
Italian literature
Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian, including ...
and language at
U.C.L.A. in 1997 (with a dissertation on
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited ...
an
prosody and
Renaissance
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
transcriptions of the ''
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta'') and lived and worked for many years between Los Angeles and Italy as an instructor of Italian language and musician beginning in 1989, when he launched his academic career. In 1997, he moved to New York City, where he began to work as an editor at ''
La Cucina Italiana
''La Cucina Italiana'' is an Italian monthly magazine focused on gastronomy and food culture.
History
First published in Milan on 15 December 1929 on the initiative of the journalist and literary man Umberto Notari, at the suggestion of his wi ...
'' and ultimately became its chief wine writer before leaving to pursue an independent career as a wine and food writer.
From 2013 onward, he has worked as a freelance writer and marketing consultant in the wine industry. His byline has appeared in numerous publications, including ''
Wine & Spirits
''Wine & Spirits'' is an American wine magazine. With offices in New York and San Francisco, the magazine publishes eight issues annually.
History and profile
The magazine was started under the name ''Winestate's Wine & Spirits Buying Guide''. In ...
'' and
''Decanter'', and he is the author of a number of university-press translations, including ''The Art of Cooking'' (University of California Press, 2005) by 15th-century chef
Maestro Martino of Como and ''The History of Italian Cinema'' (Princeton, 2009), by
Gian Piero Brunetta.
Parzen plays in the musical group
Nous Non Plus under the stage name Cal d'Hommage. He is also credited as being a co writer of some of the band's material.
References
External links
Jeremy Parzen's blog, Do BianchiVino al vino, the blog of Franco Ziliani
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1967 births
Living people
Songwriters from Illinois
Songwriters from Texas
Writers from Austin, Texas
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
American translators
American bloggers
Wine writers
American food writers
American marketing people
Food historians
Guitarists from Illinois
American male guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American male bloggers
20th-century American male musicians
American male songwriters