Exploring Wines from Liguria
Wines from Liguria unfortunately are not well known in the United States. The Ligurian terrain is extensively terraced, producing fairly low yields, and creating a
October 1, 2014
Category: Wine Regions
Exploring Two Boutique Wines of Marche
Italy’s wine region Marche (pronounced “mark-eh”) is neither the largest nor the smallest of Italian wine regions, and lies midway down on Italy’s eastern shore,
September 17, 2014
Wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is Italy’s most northeastern wine region. It shares borders with Austria, Slovenia and Venice and, according to lifeinitaly.com, is “by far the most
September 10, 2014
Exploring Trentino-Alto Adige Wines
Nestled in northern Italy, at the “boot’s” upper cuff, right below the Austrian and Swiss borders, lies the Italian wine region Trentino-Alto Adige. Trentino-Alto Adige
August 27, 2014
Exploring Two Tuscan Wines: Vernaccia and Abrusco
In this current series on Italian wine regions, we are highlighting a single red and white wine that are most distinct to each wine region.
August 13, 2014
Exploring Wines from Umbria
In this series on Italian wine regions, we are highlighting a single red and white varietal that are most distinct to each wine region. In
August 6, 2014
Artisan Wines Sparkle in Lombardy
In this current series on Italian wine regions, we are highlighting a single red and white wine that are most distinct to each wine region.
July 30, 2014
Two Distinctive Piemonte Wines: Arneis and Barbera
In this current series on Italian wine regions, we are highlighting a single red and white wine that are most distinct to each wine region.
July 23, 2014
Veneto Working to Overcome a Substandard Wine Reputation
Long ago, when Barbarian hordes descended from the Alps upon what is today Italy’s Veneto region, villagers hid in the watery, high marsh grasses surrounding
July 16, 2014
Demystifying Italian regional wines, starting in Valle D’Aosta
In this series of posts, we are going to drill down into one or more wines indigenous to each Italian wine region and give you
July 9, 2014