Italy is a land overflowing with wine, and the variety of Italian wines is as diverse as the country's cuisine. In Northern Italy, the cooler growing regions closer to the Alps are known mainly for ...

Matthew Frank is in a panetteria — a bakery — in Barolo, Italy, inhaling the fragrance of freshly baked, chewy, meter-long breadsticks called grissini. The baker hands him one, warm from the oven.

If Paola Lanzavecchia has her way, Barolo will soon be a wine ranked alongside the best names in Burgundy. As winemaker and owner of Villadoria Winery in Italy’s Piedmont region, she represents the ...

Barolo, like all great wines, “appeals to both the head and to the heart,” said Eric Asimov in The New York Times. Although not inexpensive, the Italian red is undeniably “a great wine,” and sometimes ...

Berger sings the praises of the “top dog” red wine of Italy, Barolo, which needs to age to reach its potential. A friend opened a bottle of 1995 Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo for dinner last week, and it ...

Given the hundreds of indigenous varieties grown throughout Italy, the country’s wine industry is one of the most varied and fascinating anywhere in the world. While iconic reds such as Barolo, ...

Brahm Callahan is a man who is serious about wine. The Deerfield native is one of only a hundred or so master sommeliers (wine stewards) in North America. This coveted title is bestowed upon those who ...

VAIL ” This week’s Wine University at Larkspur Restaurant will feature the Nebbiolo grape of northwestern Italy and its most famous “royal Italian” wines. The Piedmontese word “nebbia” refers to the ...

The second Barolo en Primeur charity auction is a few weeks from taking place. It’s scheduled to go live Oct. 28 at the Grinzane Castle in Piedmont, Italy, and will be live-streamed to New York City.

When naming his restaurant in Joliet, Gaetano “Guy” Turi chose a moniker that paid homage to Barolo, a red wine. “It’s the name of a very important wine in Italy. It’s considered the king of wines. It ...