Chianti: Storia, Territorio e Abbinamenti (Italian Chianti Wine and Food Pairing Guide) Few wines represent Tuscany as immediately as Chianti. The name evokes vineyards stretching across rolling hills, stone farmhouses, cypress lined roads, olive groves, medieval villages and a cuisine built around simplicity, fire, meat, bread, tomatoes, beans and extra virgin olive oil. But Chianti is much more than an image of Tuscany. It is one of Italy's historic wine traditions, built a

Barolo e Barbaresco (The Ultimate Italian Food Pairing Guide) What to Eat with Piedmont’s Two Great Nebbiolo Wines By Chef Gianluca Deiana Few wines express the relationship between Italian food, land, and tradition as profoundly as Barolo and Barbaresco. Both are produced from Nebbiolo, the noble red grape of Piemonte, yet treating them as interchangeable wines is a mistake. They share an unmistakable family resemblance, but their structure, expression, evolution, and ideal

Barolo Wine Barolo is not simply one of Italy's great red wines. It is one of the wines that changed the international perception of Italian wine. Produced entirely from Nebbiolo in a small area of the Langhe in Piemonte, Barolo combines qualities that seem almost contradictory. Its color can appear surprisingly delicate. Its perfume can be floral. Its structure can be formidable. Its tannins can dominate the palate in youth, yet decades of evolution can transform that auster