In this day and age, many of us find it hard to look ahead beyond our next week, day, or even hour. Things move pretty fast around here. But as I write this, there are wine producers in the Veneto ...

The landscape in the Valpolicella where Amarone is produced. The Veneto’s big red wine, Amarone della Valpolicella, has a somewhat festive allure to it. A rich, structured wine made in the ...

Along with serendipity (a new discovery) and lagniappe (a little something extra), it is amongst my favorite words. In Italian, it refers to the process in which grapes are dried and allowed to ...

A wine revelation, this is a single-vineyard selection from a renowned and special place. I only tasted it once, at a luncheon hosted by Masi, but the unique interaction of flavors and texture made it ...