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There are 400 kilometers that separate Torre dei Beati from Monteraponi. Starting from the Adriatic, from Francavilla al Mare in Abruzzo, we travel along a good stretch of coastal highway, then enter the Marche region and head inland. There are the Apennines to cross. We pass through Umbria, the green lung of Italy and our thoughts turn to the Treb...

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In the 1950s, in Rai’s first food and wine reportage, the master of Italian food and wine journalism Mario Soldati in his unforgettable “Viaggio nella valle del Po”, in search of genuine food among the people, customs, products, recipes and rituals of a rural Italy rich in culinary traditions, recounted Lambrusco, with its popular and poetic narrat...

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What’s the difference between a bottle of wine priced at $3.95 and one that sells for $39,000? The factors that determine the price of wine are varied, volatile, and vague. Here’s an inside look at what you’re getting for your money. At a wine auction in France, a bottle of vintage Château Lafite Rothschild Burgundy is sold to the highest bidder fo...

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If you’re an avid wine lover, then you know that Sicily is one of the most well-regarded wine regions in the world. With its beautiful rolling hills, amazing food, and climate, Sicily offers a wide variety of wines that can satisfy the most discerning palate. My article looks at some of the hidden gems of the Sicily wine region so you can explore l...

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The prosecco region in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto (about 40 miles north of Venice), was finally recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2019. The area’s 50,000 acres of neatly terraced vineyards, rolling green hills, and scenic medieval towns fan out from the city of Treviso. UNESCO praised “the protection of the rural landscape, the m...

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Molise is the second smallest region in Italy behind the Valle d’Aosta region in northern Italy. It used to be part of the Abruzzo region, known as Abruzzi e Molise, until 1963. Overshadowed by the prominence of its neighboring wine regions, Molise is small in terms of annual wine production. There are 4 DOCs in Molise, but they only account for ab...

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Cristiana Tiberio’s star has for years been on a meteoric rise, but careful study and many years of patient work lie behind the evolution of her family’s estate. Tiberio was established in 2000 near the town of Cugnoli in the lesser-known Italian region of Abruzzo, inspired by an old vineyard that her father came across of super-rare, old-vine Treb...

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Last time we talked about a Sangiovese-based wine from an ancient walled hilltop Tuscan village named Montepulciano. Today let’s wrap up that story with a wine made from a black grape from Abruzzo called Montepulciano. Too. Many. Montepulcianos? Maybe. But I’m sure tradition is too strong to allow either the Tuscans or the Abruzzese to surrender, r...

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Italian wine export sales touched the €8 billion mark, reaching €7.9 billion in value in 2022 (+9.8 percent compared to 2021) despite substantial stability in volume sales (22 million hectoliters, -0.6 percent). According to the analysis of the Observatory of Unione Italiana Vini, Ismea, and Vinitaly, the market has also withstood inevitable price...

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There are certainly other white grapes that grow in Tuscany: Vermentino or Trebbiano, Chardonnay of course, to name a few. But Vernaccia di San Gimignano is special for at least a bunch of reasons. This type of grape in fact has been cultivated continuously in this area since the 13th century and the wine produced out of it was known and appreciate...

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