Italian Wine Archives

Central and Southern Italian Wines Explained: Campania, Sicily, Puglia, and More

Central and southern Italian wines are a good place to abandon the idea that travelling south simply makes wine heavier. Yes, there are generous r

Tuscan wines have a very recognisable leading character in Sangiovese, but the cast is bigger than one grape. A bright, cherry-scented Chianti, a

Piedmont wines make a useful corrective to the idea that a darker red must be a more powerful red. Nebbiolo can look surprisingly pale while deliv

Northern Italy can turn Pinot Grigio into a fresh, straightforward white or a richer, more textured wine. Around Verona, a family of red grapes ca

A wine label can look as though five different people each contributed a favourite word. One names the place, another the grape, another the a

Why does one Italian white feel brisk and lemony while another feels broader, with ripe peach and a nutty edge? Italian white wines explained

Why can a pale Barolo grip your mouth more firmly than a darker Barbera? Italian red wines explained through grape structure make that puzzle

If Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris were poured into identical glasses, could you always tell which name was on the label? No: Pinot Grigio vs. Pin

Five bottles display five place names, and none of the names appears in the principal-grape list. That isn't an omission. Many European wines anno