Champagne only comes from France’s Champagne region. Period. I know this annoys some people who call all sparkling wine Champagne. And if you think it’s just a snobby French thing, bourbon can only be ...

Moscato d’Asti (DOCG) is part of the Moscato family…a close member of the Moscato family, but not a twin. Moscato d’Asti is made from the Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains strain of grapes, a petite berry ...

The time has come to stop overlooking Moscato d’Asti. For years, the gently sparkling Piedmontese classic has been largely relegated to the dessert cart, treated like a guilty pleasure rather than a ...

A thoughtful Italian wine list is often a tell: if the wine is good, the food probably is, too. Here's what to look for on ...

One of America’s foremost experts in Italian wines offers tips for how to discover bottles from your next favorite Italian wine region. When it comes to Italian wine, there are few people who know ...

Travelers headed to the Piedmont (Piemonte) region of northwest Italy can visit the birthplace of Italian sparkling wine, where two resourceful brothers realized their dream and changed the history of ...

Italy is an endless well of great wines. There are so many fine options overflowing from the Mediterranean nation finding the right one, even in the dead of winter, is no issue. Provided, of course, ...

Italy’s distinctive geography (and culture and history) produces arguably the widest diversity of wines anywhere on the planet. There also is a cornucopia of native varieties producing mostly ...