If you see a white blend from Italy for a good price, it’s worth a try. Italian whites are overlooked, under-appreciated gems, a wealth of local grape varieties waiting to be explored. For generations ...

Got the hammock strung up? Check. A chilled bottle of Prosecco or Vermentino? Check. Notebook handy? Pen or pencil? Check. Time to do some studying. Our textbook: “Native Wine Grapes of Italy” by Ian ...

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 ...

For California wine enthusiasts, the Columbus Day weekend used to mean a big San Francisco tasting focused on wines made from Italian grape varieties grown in the United States. That went away more ...

It took me a while to figure out why sangiovese is the most-planted red grape in Italy. At 155,000 acres of vine, it accounts for about 8 percent of all wine grapes planted there. And this in a ...

A fourth-generation Costaripa winemaker encourages tourists to visit the lesser-known and more authentic Valtenesi wine ...

One thousand feet above Washington's Columbia Valley, the highest reaches of dusty Snipes Mountain lie beneath river stones, vineyards staked incongrously in a mix of arid earth and the water-rounded ...

Italian immigrants were instrumental in founding the California wine industry, yet when winemakers sought to upgrade the image of their wines in the mid-20th century, they followed the then-current ...

The wines of Italy have long been adored for their history and age-worthiness. Barolo and Brunello are the favored bottles of wine around the world, but are often priced beyond the everyday drinking ...

“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 ...

From Soave to Chianti, U.S. consumers love classic Italian wines, and Bolla’s La Fondazione collection, which blends heritage ...