“When this vintage came out, everyone shied away from it,” said Perry Porricelli, president, Italian Wine Merchants. “People thought it was backwards, [...]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart liked the Marzemino grape much that in the opera Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni calls out “Versa il vino! Eccellente [...]

Although it is difficult to represent any wine region in a condensed form, Piemonte presents particular difficulties, given the complexity of its wines and the historical and philosophical nuances that inform their crafting. In fact, its eternal King and Queen, Barolo and Barbaresco, provide material for lifelong study—given the infinite and subtle distinctions that mark various producers’ interpretations of single vineyards.