Italy is a land overflowing with wine, and the variety of Italian wines is as diverse as the country's cuisine. In Northern Italy, the cooler growing regions closer to the Alps are known mainly for ...

Matthew Frank is in a panetteria — a bakery — in Barolo, Italy, inhaling the fragrance of freshly baked, chewy, meter-long breadsticks called grissini. The baker hands him one, warm from the oven.

White truffle season is over in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, so people are most likely eating a simple meat ragu on their traditional tajarin pasta. But with either dish — or any hearty ...

Like many 10-year-olds, Barolo Grill is caught in that awkward stage between being young enough to get away with things and old enough to be held responsible. What remains to be seen is whether this ...

Pricey and tannic Barolo wine—known as the King of Wines, and Wine for Kings—is about to be rocked by a king of, well, rock. For a century and a half, the hilly Italian enclave of Barolo at the base ...

If Paola Lanzavecchia has her way, Barolo will soon be a wine ranked alongside the best names in Burgundy. As winemaker and owner of Villadoria Winery in Italy’s Piedmont region, she represents the ...

Brahm Callahan is a man who is serious about wine. The Deerfield native is one of only a hundred or so master sommeliers (wine stewards) in North America. This coveted title is bestowed upon those who ...

JUST ABOUT every great wine has a “good” counterpart: a wine made from the same grape in the same place but in a more accessible and/or affordable style. For lovers of Barolo and Barbaresco, the great ...

Berger sings the praises of the “top dog” red wine of Italy, Barolo, which needs to age to reach its potential. A friend opened a bottle of 1995 Giuseppe Mascarello Barolo for dinner last week, and it ...