Ornellaia 2016 Vendemmia d’Artista: Creative tension
Victoria Daskal looks at the latest offering in this renowned series of artist collaborations, revealed in a tasting with winemaker…
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Masseto Wine Dinner
Masseto is the most expensive and exclusive Italian Merlot. Due to its exclusivity, four years after the first official Masseto…
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Barolo: A Love Story
Edited and translated by Nicolas Belfrage MW The story of Barolo — that sublime wine of the Langhe hills in…
Trentino and Alto Adige Whites: A Breath of Mountain Air
Where are we, first of all? Almost certainly farther north than you might assume. Imagine translocating this region of Italy…
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Soldera: The Great Outsider
The role of the outsider in art and literature is widely recognized. Colin Wilson’s book The Outsider-which draws on the…
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Italy and the American palate : debunking the myth
For years now, many wine writers and winemakers in the Old World, and even some in the New, have blamed…
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Primo Franco 1983–2013: Prosecco Resurgent
Despite the long post-2008 recession and the continuing malaise of the Italian economy, sales of Prosecco-the real thing from the…
Marchesi Antinori Selection
The literature-and even the logo-of Marchesi Antinori boasts of 26 generations of continuous wine production since Giovanni di Piero Antinori…
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