Montepulciano d’Abruzzo has always been a popular wine, and why not, given its bright purple color, appealing black plum and blackberry fruit notes and round finish, with moderate tannins. Factor in ...

Montepulciano d’Abruzzo has always been a wine with a good degree of popularity in the marketplace. And why not? It’s got deep color (often bright purple), offers aromas and flavors such as black plum ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Making sense of some wines can sometimes seem as confusing as many of the convoluted plots in murder mysteries by Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle. But once you make sense of it all, knowing more ...

Montepulciano is quite frankly heaven for wine lovers. This stunning hilltop Tuscan town is ridiculously beautiful and it is just filled with wine. Wineries, red wine, white wine, wine cellars, oak ...

When this column happens to fall on an important holiday or event, I love to have some fun and tie it into the world of wine. Alas, I made an unbreakable resolution this year not to mix politics and ...

With two meanings, the name “montepulci­ano” causes confusion in the wine world. On the one hand, Montepulciano is the name of a town in southern Tuscany whose wine, vino nobile di Montepulciano, is ...