Italy is the home of Chianti, Prosecco, Barolo, and more. It has a rich and diverse wine heritage and a bewildering diversity of both grape varieties and wine styles.
Learn to understand Italian wine labels enough to get what you want. Here is a great set of tips and advice to keep handy so you can find and enjoy more Italian wine. How to Read Italian Wine Labels Parts of an Italian Wine Label Italian wine labels are widely varied in how they look...
The wine's brilliant crimson hue will fade to a rich garnet trimmed with a brick-orange rim (a visual characteristic common to almost all Nebbiolo wines as they age). The vines are generally planted on steep, alpine terraces and slopes, requiring labor-intensive methods to maintain, grow and...
Although Italian wine labels can look a little confusing at first, they’re pretty simple, and read a lot like French wine labels. At the top of the label, or in the biggest letters, you’ll usually see the name of the grower (in the example on the right, Giuliano Ruggeri). Afterthat...
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Dawn Maire, the brain behind Starla wines, was looking to create a wine beverage that aligned with a healthier lifestyle. She partnered with the other founder, Jamie Coulter, to create Starla, a brandthat represents the “inner star in all of us” to show consumers “how luminous your life...
This fall is much about harvests. There are few brontè pistachios, porcini or sun dried tomatoes. Wine will have the lowest output in six years. Rice crops in the north were devastated. And, olive oil — the frantoio I visit said they have an 80% lower production this year. ...
A fine and impressive antique George V cut glass and English sterling silver mounted claret jug; an addition to our wine and drink related collection This exceptional antique silver and glass claret jug has a globular form. The cylindrical neck is fitted with a plain ...
With more than 250 labels, the wine program is beefy in its own right. Wine director Matthew Bromberg and head sommelier Eli Keller’s list is wide-ranging, with red, white and rosé options from Italy, France, Spain and California. But most of the program follows Casa Bovina’s Piedmont...
Some commentators have indicated Brussels could be looking at more prominent health warnings on wine labels. Much of the recent pushback from the wine sector has followed the line that studies linking alcohol consumption to cancer have often used neutral spirit in laboratories. The EU's own wine...