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Glass of Chiant in the forefront showing its medium ruby color in front of a wood bowl of pasta-al-pomodoro garnished with basil, bottle of Chianti Classico in the background.

Pasta al Pomodoro and Chianti Classico: The Pairing That Proves the Rule

Two glasses of red Sangiovese wine in a round wood tray with Sangiovese grapes toseed onto the same try with an out of focus vineyard in the background.

Sangiovese: Italy’s Given Grape, and the Bordeaux Grapes Beside It

Nice glass of red wine (Sangiovese) surrounded at the base by a half dozen beautiful ripe red tomatoes. Nice warm brown background, out of focus

Why Tomato Sauce Ruins Most Red Wine, and Not This One

Warm glow of a Tuscan sun. Orange in the background with purple hills showing off the Sangiovese garapevines in the foreground.

Chianti Classico: The Hills That Taught Italy to Cook

Barolo and Osso Buco alla Milanese

Barolo and Osso Buco alla Milanese

dark blue Nebbiolo grapes hang in full clusters ready to be picked, straight from teh vine with a full amount of grapes left on the vine for a canopy

Nebbiolo: The Grape That Refuses to Look Strong

Candles in the background, cut of red meat that has an abundance of collagen from the bone in the meat

Why Tannin Needs Fat

Barolo wine region in Piedmont, Italy, with vineyard-covered hills, a glass of red wine, and a Barolo road sign.

Piedmont: The Wine That Looks Light and Isn’t

Plate of short ribs with a glass of Valpolicella Ripasso

Ripasso and Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs

Corvina grapes drying on racks. Looks a bit like stair steps.

Corvina and the Slow Art of Drying Grapes

Background is the Italian hillside. Overlay is 3 bottles of Italian wine with different labels and symbols printed.

How to Read an Italian Wine Label (Without Knowing Italian)

Veneto: One Grape, Three Escalating Stories

Veneto: One Grape, Three Escalating Stories

Board mounding with blue cheese, honeycomb, walnuts topped with a couple of red grapes

Sweet Wine and Blue Cheese: The Pairing That Sounds Wrong and Isn’t

Creme brulee in a white ramekin. Two spoons dip into the creamy golden custard with broken shards of cirispy caramel with a bottle of icewine

The One Rule That Makes Dessert Wine Work

Frozen red grapes hanging on the vine while the vines are bare and snow is on the ground.

The Grape That Hangs On When Every Other Has Been Picked

Golden elixir of icewine being poured from a bottle into a glass. Backlit with black background.

Why a Great Sweet Wine Doesn’t Taste Like Syrup

SNowy foreground with rows and rows of brown vines backed by a line of trees whose leaves have fallen. Bright blue sky gives feeling of a stark cold morning.

Canada Makes the World’s Icewine Because Its Winters Can Be Trusted

Pouring pale golden Riesling from a green bottle into multiple wine glasses.

Three Glasses, One Grape

Sashimi platter with tuna, salmon, and yellowtail.

The Wine Raw Fish Has Been Waiting For

Green glass wine bottle pouring golden Riesling into two wine glasses side by side, filling halfway to the widest part of the glass. Backlit by the sun.

Same Grape, Colder Place: Why Finger Lakes Riesling Tastes Nothing Like Washington’s

Two bottles of Riesling from New York - Schulze demonstrating how sugar and ABV can differ based on winemaker decisions.

What the Alcohol Number Is Quietly Telling You

The Wine Grows Where Winter Should Kill It

The Wine Grows Where Winter Should Kill It

Chilled bottle of Pinot Noir on a wood board next to a light ruby glass and a Mushroom Gruyere Tart - on a hot July evening. Condensation is running down the front of the wine bottle. Raw mushrooms are skewn around the board.

The Red You Can Chill

Earth Meets Earth: A Mushroom Tart and Oregon Pinot

Earth Meets Earth: A Mushroom Tart and Oregon Pinot

One Grape, Three Climates: How Place Rewrites Pinot Noir

One Grape, Three Climates: How Place Rewrites Pinot Noir

Image of mushrooms scattered on the ground amongst pine needles and fallen leaves

What “Forest Floor” Actually Smells Like (and How to Find It)

Oregon Bet on a Grape the Experts Said Wouldn’t Ripen

Oregon Bet on a Grape the Experts Said Wouldn’t Ripen

Salt, Sweet, and a Cold Glass of Riesling

Salt, Sweet, and a Cold Glass of Riesling

Riesling Is the Honest Grape

Riesling Is the Honest Grape

Your Nose Makes a Promise Your Tongue Doesn’t Keep

Your Nose Makes a Promise Your Tongue Doesn’t Keep