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Lambrusco is a sparkling wine produced in Emilia-Romagna. It has a reputation for being very food-friendly and excellent value. Lambrusco is known to be an industrial-scale production of sweet, easy-drinking, and even uninteresting sparkling wines. This is not entirely fair as there are some very fine examples of Lambrusco wine made with the same c...

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This month I'm focusing on the Piedmont wine region and one of its great white grapes, Cortese, specifically the wines produced from the Gavi area. You can find this area located in the southeastern corner of Piedmont where Piedmont merges with the region of Liguria within the provinces of Monferrato and Alessandria. The landscape of this area not...

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In 2023, Italian food and wine exports surged to a historic peak, reaching an impressive 64 billion euros—an uptick of +6% compared to the previous year, as per Coldiretti, Italy’s foremost association of farmers and breeders. However, the current zenith in the exports of Italy’s culinary treasures faces potential disruption due to navigation chall...

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It is a small Italian “gem”, but it is also the largest terraced area in Italy. Its ecosystem is rich in biodiversity, from apple orchards to forests, and its unique characteristic is the 850 hectares of heroic viticulture vineyards. The terraces are a strategic design (acknowledged as an Historic Rural Landscape and its dry stone walls are a UNESC...

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In the world of Italian wine, a “cooperative” winery can be a dirty word. Not that there’s anything wrong with a group of area grapegrowers banding together to make, sell and market wine. It’s just that many a big cooperative (cantine sociale) is known for making cheap, commoditized wines on an industrial scale. But it’s not always like that. Some...

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Lamberto Frescobaldi, president and 30th generation to head wine producer Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, vividly remembers the first time he tasted a wine produced on the island of Gorgona, which is located about 20 miles from Livorno off Italy’s Ligurian coast. Since 1869, Gorgona has been home to the Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony, an Italian priso...

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The winery is among the historical names in Sardinian viticulture, especially in the north-western part of the island. Since its foundation by Giovanni Maria Cherchi, the goal has been to showcase the Usini territory through Vermentino, the classic Sardinian white grape, expertly interpreted thanks to both soil and climate. Additionally, the Cagnul...

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From the time we were young children, most of us were familiar with the word Lamborghini. Memories of our kindergarten peers voicing the familiar "vroom vroom," miniature toy car in hand, are embedded in the back of our minds. While Lamborghini almost immediately launches our thoughts toward the embodiment of a pristine luxury vehicle, many are sur...

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Rosé wines are experiencing an important period with increasing production and increasing proximity to consumer tastes, whether due to freshness in the glass or an alcoholic content that is well suited to more informal and “youthful” solutions, from aperitifs to toasts at the end of a meal. By now, one out of every ten bottles that ends up on shelv...

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The innumerable end-of-year rankings dedicated to wine, of course include the “Decanter” ranking, the top wine magazine on the UK market. The UK market is worth a lot for Italian wine, totaling 602 million euros in the first 9 months of 2023, + 3.5% compared to 2022, and one of the few growing markets, according to ISTAT data analyzed by WineNews....

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