Wine Reviews

  Brunello di Montalcino has a sort of ethereal charm that's got the wine world infatuated - think rolling hills in the soft Tuscan glow. Somethin...

  Into the 1980's, one of Italy's most famed wine regions was intensely divided by a rift in winemaking philosophy - they called it the Barolo War...

  The classic Tommasi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is probably a label that may be familiar to many who have often taken a walk among the w...

  "Darmagi."   Which means "Shame" or "What a pity" in the local Piedmontese dialect, and is also what fourth-generation Angelo Gaja's father, G...

    Today, we're diving into a lovely vintage from Podere Le Ripi, an esteemed winery with rather unexpected roots. The winery was established in...

  The Wine of Kings from Piedmont Barolo is a red wine that is produced in Piedmont in Italy, and wines are produced from the Nebbiolo grape. The ...

  A discussion of pre-eminent Barolo and Barbaresco producers is incomplete without mentioning the Genius of Nieve, Bruno Giacosa. His achievement...

  From Horses to Wines: The Birth of Tenuta San Guido’s Legends It’s no exaggeration to say that Tenuta San Guido is the birthplace of not one, bu...

  Before we had the Barolo revolution, the Barolo Boys (and girls), as well as the whole Barolo v Barbaresco debate - all that attention and estee...

   Just as international demand for rich, bold wines increased in the 1980s and 1990s, Amarone (or in full “Amarone della Valpolicella”) ascended ...

  Wine cooperatives emerged in Europe during the 1950s when small-scale grape growers banded together to process and market their produce collecti...

  Bertani is a name often associated with Valpolicella and its most renowned wine, Amarone. A winery with a deep heritage, respect for the terroir...