Classic Wines

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 ...

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...

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the Weekly Wine Showdown, brought to you by Classicwines.com. I am Brian Freedman and I am smirking today because we are drinking Barbaresco. Barbaresco is one of favorite wines. It's known as the queen of Italian wines, as o...

Ask any connoisseur where the world's greatest wines are produced and you're likely to hear the same regions you would have ten or twenty years ago: Burgundy, Bordeaux, Napa - the usual suspects. But in recent years, the wines of Piedmont have made ...

Brian Freedman: Welcome to the Classic Wines Minute brought to you by ClassicWines.com, I am your host, Brian Freedman. Join me as we explore the world of wine with the Sommelier Instructors, here at the Wine School of Philadelphia. ...

In the next two articles I will take the two most popular wines made in Piedmont--Barbaresco and Barolo--and explain the defining differences in both. Though both wines are made in Piedmont and are made solely from the Nebbiolo grape, there are distin...

Ask any connoisseur where the world’s greatest wines are produced and you’re likely to hear the same regions you would have ten or twenty years ago: Burgundy, Bordeaux, Napa—the usual suspects.

But in recent ...