Shaker Wines

09/02/2026

This Saturday's Tasting

EVERY SATURDAY, FROM 1PM TO 3 PM, SHAKER WINES WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR SATURDAY WINE EVENT

08/25/2026

WE ARE BACK WITH OUR SATURDAY TASTINGS

EVERY SATURDAY, FROM 1PM TO 4 PM, SHAKER WINES WILL BE CONDUCTING OUR SATURDAY WINE EVENTS

08/24/2026

A reminder of the real purposes for drinking wine...it is older than we think but refreshingly young.
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08/22/2026

Three white wines you must try before the end of Summer…or as we transition into Fall.

08/21/2026

Gene Veronesi, Ph.D, has owned and managed Shaker Wines for over 40 years. He is here Monday through Saturday from 11-7 to share his extensive knowledge and experience with you. Find out why he compares some supermarket red blends to sausages. Yes….sausages. Stay tuned for more.

08/20/2026

Gene Veronesi, Ph.D, has owned and managed Shaker Wines for over 40 years. He is here Monday through Saturday from 11-7 to share his extensive knowledge and experience with you. Here he explains the theory behind blending wines. Stay tuned for more.

08/18/2026

I am going to Italy in September, specifically to the city of Verona. Yes, probably take a day trip to Venice. What is curious is that when we speak in Italian we use words which have evolved and now mean something different then they were originally intended.
One of the two most popular words in Italian (pizza being the other word) is the word CIAO. We are used to saying Ciao to mean "Hello" or "Goodbye" You can even add hand gestures with the CIao, five fingers waving outward (meaning goodbye along with the Ciao, or the fingers moving inwards, indicating hello.
The question I ask is where did the word come from ? And its a long journey through social status, cultural, and geography.
Originally, in the 1300's in the Venetian dialect, a person of a lesser standing (say a wine merchant to a noble lady for example), one said "s-ciào vostro" from the term "vostro s'chiavo"... meaning “I am your slave” It was a sign of social status and respect, and essentially meant that "I am at your disposal".
During WWI soldiers began to use the term as a simplification of greetings in the trenches. Ernest Hemmingway perhaps popularized the term in his novel (1929) A Farewell to Arms when he wrote "Ciaou!' he said. 'What kind of time did you have?"
So today..what term should we use which is proper and not suggesting an inferior position? SALVE is highly regarded as a hello. BUONGIORNO works quite well. If you want to get really fancy with your time-of-day greetings, pull a BUON POMERIGGIO out of the hat. It’s “good afternoon, and of course BUONA SERA,
Good Evening.
Stay formal....Salve is the term I like to use. Enchanting, mysterious, and doesn't identify you as an American, until you ask for a Cappuccino after 11 am.