Barbera

photo: Thomas Hawk  When interviewed after the race on Sunday in Italy, Hector Barbera had quite a lot to say on his feelings about the incident which ended his race on the final lap of the Moto GP. The Spanish rider accused Marco Simoncelli of deliberately applying his brakes on the start of the final lap and [...]

Hector Barbera, l'uomo a pois, si è scontrato con Marco Simoncelli nella gara delle 250cc del Mugello a una velocità mica da ridere. Lo spagnolo può dirsi fortunato di non essere finito contro il muro... La colpa di chi è??? L'italiano ha fatto apposta? È stato l'iberico a tenersi troppo sotto?

Il 27 maggio ho avuto la possibilità di stare sul campo dello stadio Renzo Barbera, in occasione del 2° Memorial Filippo Raciti. Tutto ciò grazie al pass, avuto perché uno degli arbitri del quadrangolare (questura di Palermo, questura di Catania, rappresentanza delle altre questure della Sicilia, Vecchie Glorie del Palermo)  è stato mio cugino Giuseppe Lanni

Barbera is a bright wine with lively fruit and crisp acidity, but isn’t particularly tannic nor structured. Or at least it wasn’t until the late Giacomo Bologna, one of the pioneers of the Italian wine renaissance, decided to put his Barbera into small oak barrels. What emerged — smooth, rich, with elegant tannins from the [...]

Tenho uma motivação muito clara para escrever crítica de vinhos. Sou consumidor, gosto de beber bons vinhos a preço justo e, simplesmente, tenho prazer em compartilhar minhas experiências. Freqüentemente, escrevemos críticas para os vinhos que gostamos, ou que tenham um boa relação qualidade/preço, sendo boas opções nas mesas dos brasileiros. E aqueles vinhos não muito [...]

Today is the first taste of the wine tour of Italy, undertaken by InterWined in order to try to get a better handle on why Italian things make book authors cry. So it seems only fitting to start with the popular, and often mass produced wines made from the Barbera grape. Wines made from Barbera strike [...]

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury The Hanna-Barbera Treasury celebrates the legacy of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera through more than five decades of rare drawings, storyboards, concept art, and memorabilia from studio archives and private collections. It includes more than 24 removable artifacts and facsimile reproductions, as well as photographs, sketches, comic book covers, brochures, and posters. Vintage art, rare merchandising images, retro product packages, and archival newspaper and magazine ads transport the reader back in time to an era when a brave new medium invaded our living rooms to create a new art form: the prime-time family cartoon. (more…)

I have organized a field trip to The Wine Show in Islington for Bryan, Stacey, Bryan's parents, Feathers and Matt, and K&A. The place is packed. Shortly after our arrival, K&A stop in Italy--Piedmont, to be exact. I know they'll be there for a while--they love Italian wine like nobody's business--so I move on. I try some port with Feathers & Matt and then get the evil eye from the Crianza ladies when I ask to try a little Crianza and I've still got the dregs of port in my glass. They are SO not happy with me. I get the evil eye again from a New Zealand table when I ask about the difference between two pinot noirs. "Four years" (with a little attitude) is all I get. I thought I had asked very nicely. And dude, there's so got to be more of a difference than the age. Is it me? Wine snobs! Can't we all be friends?  So it's refreshing to find myself back in Piedmont--although K&A have moved on to elsewhere in Italy at this point--where I meet the

Primeramente os comento que en la encuesta de la semana pasada sobre "La serie de Hanna-Barbera (a)" resultó ganador "Los picapiedra" con un 56% de 25 votos. Esta semana seguimos con la misma temática y os propongo que recordéis otras tres series de Hanna Barbera:EL OSO YOGUI:LOS PITUFOS:LOS SNORKELS:Otras tres míticas series que espero os haya gustado recordar. En esta doble sección he repasado las que a mi juicio son las seis mejores series de esta compañía. Sé que me he dejado series importantes como "Los supersónicos", "Maguilla Gorila" o "Tom y Jerry" entre otras muchas. Como siempre elegid entre las tres que os pongo hoy y votad un poco más abajo.

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury Discover never-before-seen art, memorabilia and mementos from the golden age of cartoons. Here, for the first time, is a showcase presentation of the best of the art from the legendary Hanna-Barbera studio. The Hanna-Barbera Treasury celebrates the legacy of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera through more than five decades of rare drawings, storyboards, concept art, and memorabilia from studio archives and private collections. Animation expert Jerry Beck is the author of ten books on animation and the cinema, including Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a frequent contributor to Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide, as well as such popular magazines as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and the online Animation World Magazine. sandbox world, tony medeiros

Seguimos con la temática de dibujos animados otra semana más. En la encuesta anterior sobre "Tu serie de dibus de Disney (b)" resultó ganadora "Patoaventuras" con un 68% de 28 votos.Comenzamos de nuevo con una doble encuesta, en esta ocasión sobre series de dibujos de la compañía Hanna-Barbera Las tres series de hoy son:LOS AUTOS LOCOS (Wacky Racers)SCOOBY DOO (Where are you?)LOS PICAPIEDRAVaya compromiso esta semana...creo que es de los más difíciles que os he puesto en muchas semanas. Espero que me insultéis un poco por poneros en esta tesitura, y que votéis a alguna más abajo ;)

Brian Mariotti from Funko, a cool site for the latest cartoon related toys is releasing CLASSIC HANNA-BARBERA COLLECTIBLES. This book is real funky and is coming out at the end of the summer with a forward written by Joe Barbera. From Yogi Bear and Scooby-Doo, to The Flintstones and The Jetsons, this authorized guide features a veritable cornucopia of character collectibles culled from Hanna-Barbera’s classic cartoon legacy, complete with a foreword by the late Joe Barbera. This little gem should be out in August 2007. sandbox world

Joseph Roland “Joe” Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo, has died, aged 95. He co-founded Hanna-Barbera Studios with William Hanna in the 1957 after the pair earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry series at MGM studios. Other classic characters to originate from Hanna-Barbera included The Jetsons, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. Joe was said to have died of natural causes at home with his wife, Sheila, at his side. I for one love all the classic cartoons they created, so may Joe Barberra Rest in Peace alongside William Hanna who passed away in 2001. Your cartoons will remain with me and others forever!

Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95. Barbera died of natural causes at his home with his wife Sheila at his side, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said.With his longtime partner, Bill Hanna, Barbera first found success creating the highly successful Tom and Jerry cartoons. The antics of the battling cat and mouse went on to win seven Academy Awards, more than any other series with the same characters."From the Stone Age to the Space Age and from primetime to Saturday mornings, syndication and cable, the characters he created with his late partner, William Hanna, are not only animated superstars, but also a very beloved part of American pop culture. While he will be missed by his family and friends, Joe will live on through his work," Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer said Monday.