If you enjoy Italian food and wine, then most likely you have ordered a bottle of Montepulciano de Abruzzo – the delightful fruity, soft, and dark colored wine from the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lana Bortolot covers the intersection of wine, business and culture. It’s time to break up with your old routine and find a new ...

Sip the “king” and “queen” of wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, in the vineyards of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, where ...

In Friuli, white wine is the specialty. But there’s much more to this region bordering Austria, Slovenia, and the Adriatic Sea. Late afternoon sun highlights vineyards blanketing a hillside in Friuli ...

The world's most well-known wine regions — like Burgundy in France, Napa Valley in California, and Tuscany in Italy — are popular for several reasons. First and foremost, they're home to some ...

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and Italy’s biggest wine region by acreage, Sicily is often overlooked for its fine wine production by those whose tastes run towards Barolo, Brunello di ...

The world’s most celebrated wine regions offer a diverse array of landscapes, climates and winemaking traditions that have shaped their reputations over centuries. From the iconic rolling hills of ...

“This area, Bolgheri, is very special for potatoes,” Cinzia Merli is saying as she rolls out a rope of gnocchi dough on a cutting board dusted with flour. “If I ever had to change my life completely, ...

A certain faction of wine drinkers like to state (often emphatically) they drink only old-world wine. It is widely accepted that they mean bottles from France, Italy and Spain made with native grapes ...

R AVENNA, Italy — Italy is one of those timeless destinations that always enchants travelers with its history, food, architecture and pastoral landscapes. However, one thing often stands out just as ...