Terroirs & Grapes
Discovering Italy's wine territories and native grape varieties.
The Studies Behind Brunello di Montalcino
In a nation, Italy, that has been producing wine for approximately 3,500 years, Brunello di Montalcino can be considered a modern invention. It is not a wine produced in homage to local traditions, but rather the fruit of the studies of a single winegrower...
Nebbiolo the grape variety that emerges from the fog
The nobility of being called NEBBIOLO Nebbiolo is a grape variety as precious in the wines it produces as it is demanding in the conditions it requires to give its best fruit. In the Italian wine landscape, Nebbiolo is certainly one of the most prized grape varieties ...
Abruzzo and Montepulciano: An Inseparable Pairing
Abruzzo, an ancient land where viticulture dates back to the Iron Age. As Ovid, a native of Sulmona, wrote: "a land rich with the gift of Ceres and even more fertile with grapes." Grapes like Montepulciano and Trebbiano, which are inseparably tied to this land...