Classic Wines

Sparkling wine is any wine with bubbles in it. The bubbles can get there by a number of processes, and the ways in which that fizziness is imparted affects the flavor and texture of the sparkling wine that results. In fact, the way in which the stil...

Eiswein is the famous dessert wine of Germany. The process by which it is made relies entirely on the largesse of Mother Nature. Simply put, bunches of grapes are left on the vine until they freeze. When this happens, they are picked and crushed imm...

In the last 30 years, the United States has emerged as one of the single most important wine-producing countries in the world. This is a result of both the maturation of the American wine industry and the evolution of the American palate, which now ...

This region extends from the mountains of central Italy to the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Within these limits, some of the most popular and affordable red wines in Italy are produced. The most famous one is the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, a varietal wi...

Apulia is a wine region in the heel of the Italian boot, deep in the southeastern part of the country. A great deal of wine is produced here, though precious little of it has made much of an impact in the world of classic wines. It's not that the wi...

Few wines get connoisseurs more excited than Barbaresco. These gorgeous red wines from the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy are made from the Nebbiolo grape variety, arguably Italy's most noble. They tend to be powerful and elegant, with a typi...

Gavi is an excellent white wine from the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy. This wine, made from the Cortese grape variety, tends to be slightly perfumed and full of pleasant fruit. So whether you drink it alone or with a light meal, it is relia...

The Brunello grape variety itself is but a version of Sangiovese, the base of all Chiantis. However, when most connoisseurs refer to this variety, they do so in the context of discussing its most famous incarnation, the Brunello di Montalcino, a ric...