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Sardinia Wine Region Guide: Cannonau, Granite and Sea
Cannonau across the interior, Vermentino di Gallura on weathered granite, and the Sulcis sands where Carignano still grows on its own roots.
7 min
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Emilia-Romagna Wine Region Guide: Lambrusco at the Table
Why the three main Lambrusco DOCs taste nothing alike, plus Sangiovese di Romagna's twelve subzones and Albana, Italy's first white DOCG.
6 min
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Lombardy Wine Region Guide: Three Zones, Three Wines
Valtellina's alpine Nebbiolo, Franciacorta's bottle-fermented sparkling and Oltrepò Pavese's Pinot Nero, and the rules that separate them.
7 min
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Trentino-Alto Adige Wine Region Guide: Alpine Whites
One region, two provinces, two languages: German-speaking Alto Adige and its cooperatives against Trentino's Teroldego and Trento DOC.
7 min
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia Wine Region Guide: Whites and Ponca
Italy's white-wine benchmark, explained through ponca — the marl and sandstone of Collio — and a border that keeps moving.
6 min
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Campania Wine Region Guide: Volcanic Soil and Old Vines
How volcanic ground shapes Campania — Aglianico at altitude in Irpinia, Fiano and Greco beside it, and vines that were never grafted.
7 min
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Abruzzo Wine Region Guide: One Grape, Two Colors
Montepulciano makes both Abruzzo's dark red and Cerasuolo, one of Italy's serious roses. The difference is a few hours on the skins.
6 min
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Puglia Wine Region Guide: Heat, Bush Vines and Primitivo
Italy's flattest, hottest region spent a century selling blending wine north. How alberello bush vines work, and what changed when Puglia bottled its own.
7 min
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Sicily Wine Region Guide: Etna and the Warm West
Etna is a cool region on an active volcano; the west is hot, flat and invented Marsala. How one island produces two unrelated kinds of wine.
6 min
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Veneto Wine Region Guide: Prosecco, Soave and Amarone
How one region makes Prosecco, Soave and Amarone, and why drying the grapes for a winter changes everything about Valpolicella.
7 min