Wine
by Silvia Donati |
In Italy, wine is made even in the most improbable places. One such place is Valtellina, a beautiful 40-kilometer wide valley north of Lake Como, in the…
by Silvia Donati |
South of Lake Iseo, about an hour east of Milan, is the verdant countryside that produces one of Italy’s most renowned sparkling wines: Franciacorta.
And there…
by Magda Lauer |
Tuscany with its western Tyrrhenian coast, hillside vineyards and abundant sunshine produces fine wines and to know some of the history of its winemaking…
by John Bensalhia |
ARNEIS
HISTORY: The overwhelming agreement amongst historians is that the first mentions of the white Arneis grape surfaced in the 15th century. Some suggest…
by Vincent de Rossi |
It's a red.. It's from Tuscany... It's a Super Tuscan!
There was a time when Super Tuscans ruled the Italian wine world. The darlings of critics, their…
by Silvia Donati |
The grape cultivation technique used on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria to grow the prized Zibibbo grape was inscribed last week onto UNESCO’s World…
by Silvia Donati |
[Photo: Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti, producers of the Chianti Classico San Lorenzo, at their Castello di Ama wine estate in Tuscany.]
A Tuscan wine has…
by ITALY |
Words by Carla Passino and Silvia Donati
From Passito di Pantelleria to Moscato d'Asti, there’s an Italian dessert wine for every occasion.
There is no…
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