Explore 10 benchmark Italian wines — from Chianti, Friuli, and Piedmont to Soave and beyond — why they matter, how they taste, and what to buy.

To celebrate the holiday season, why don't you try three Italian classic methods sparkling wines, from three different ...

There is something distinctly Italian about sangiovese. Maybe not so surprising as it is the most planted grape variety in Italy. Widely present in Tuscany, where we find it in Chianti, Chianti ...

“Italy is the most complex wine-growing region in the world,” says Brian Larky, founder of Dalla Terra, an importer of Italian wines. “In California, you’ve got — what? — five, eight, 10 major growing ...

There’s a charming rusticity to the Montoliva wines, irrespective of which ones you choose. All have the same food friendliness that you would anticipate from southern Italian red grapes. One of the ...

Italy is the only country in the world with viticulture in all its regions, extending from the damp sea coast to the foot of the Apennine Mountains, the Italian Alps and the Dolomites. Vines grow from ...

I always have a few bottles of wine on hand in case I have people over. From sparkling to red, here are my recommendations as ...

Although most wineries in PA Wine Land concentrate on growing two groups of wine grapes referred to as French varieties and French-American hybrids, many are experimenting with grapes more noted as ...

A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that they mean bottles from France, Italy and Spain made with native grapes ...

Italian Sausages with Grapes and Vinegar is a dish that has roots established long ago in the vineyards of Italy. The dish was designed to feed Umbrian laborers working with the grapes. The sausage’s ...