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Cellar Gems and Fails #10
Top 100 Wines of 2024
40 Years of Arpepe 1984-2024
Cellar Gems and Fails #9
A New Book on Montalcino
Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Riserva Report
Brunello di Montalcino 2020 Vintage Report
Revisiting 2004 Barbaresco and Barolo
Sneak Peek Barolo 2021
Cellar Gems and Fails #8
Rosatos to Rock your Late Summer and Fall
Revisiting 2004 Brunellos
How Etna Winemaker Frank Cornelissen Has Found His Groove
Etna New Vintages Report
The Ten Best Pinot Grigios for Summer and Beyond
Giuseppe Mascarello’s Magical Monprivato 1970-2008
The Fabulous Fuligni Riservas 1977-2016
Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà 1997-2011
Bele Casel ColFondo Agricolo 2009-2022
Barbaresco 2021 Vintage Report
Cellar Gems and Fails #7
Langhe Loses Luminary Enrico Scavino
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Two Decades of Comm. G.B. Burlotto Monvigliero and Acclivi: Modern Day Classics
Cellar Gems and Fails #5
Barolo 2020 Vintage Report
Cellar Gems and Fails #4
FIVI: Trust in Italy’s Grower-Producer Wines
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Top 100 Wines of 2023
Cellar Gems and Fails #2
Addio Michele
Cellar Gems and Fails
Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Vintage Report
Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d’Alba: What’s the Difference?
Three Decades of Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona Brunello Pianrosso
The Raddest producers in Radda
Etna Bianco: Stunning Whites forged on the slopes of Europe’s highest active volcano
Riesling Rising in the Langhe
Pieropan Soave Classico Calvarino 1987-2021
Don Fiorino 2016 Barbaresco Riserva (free access)
Barbaresco 2020 Vintage Report
Barolo 2019: The Definitive Report
Time Traveling through Barolo Ravera with Elvio Cogno 2000-2019
Valle d’Aosta’s Savory Secrets
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2017
Remembering Barolo Trailblazer Luciano Sandrone
Enrico Serafino Barolo and Barbaresco back to 1949: Indestructible Wines
Top Italian Wines of 2022
Franciacorta Rising
Brunello di Montalcino 2018 vintage report
Metodo Classico, Metodo Ancestrale, Asolo, Lambrusco di Sorbara and more
Barolo 2019: A Sneak Peek
Barolo 2018: Finesse, fragrance and freshness
Barbaresco 2019 Vintage Report: A Hallmark Vintage
Alta Langa: The Classy Sparkler from the Piedmont Hills
Alto Adige: Italy’s White Wine Wonderland
Brunello di Montalcino 2017: concentrazione, alcol ed alcune stelle lucenti
In cima al mondo dei vini bianchi: Alto Adige
Valtellina: Nebbiolo with Altitude
Brunello di Montalcino 2016: finezza, longevità e…l’elefante nella stanza
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: pioniere del Barolo e della viticoltura biologica
Olivio Cavallotto 1930-2021: Pioneer in single-vineyard Barolo and organic viticulture
Barolo 2016: A Modern Day Classic
Barolo 2016: un moderno Classico
Un tributo a Renato Vacca, grande vignaiolo di Barbaresco
A tribute to Barbaresco grower-producer Renato Vacca
Brunello di Montalcino 2015: il buono, il brutto e il cattivo (e il grande)
Barolo 2016 preview
Il momento migliore per bere quel Barolo? Forse proprio adesso!
Col Fondo: il nebuloso caso del vino torbido
Col Fondo: The Murky Case of the Cloudy Wine
Bunch thinning – too much of a good thing. Diradamento: sicuri che sia una cosa buona?
Brunello di Montalcino 2014: un’annata dall’eleganza facilmente approcciabile
Gianfranco Soldera, grande produttore di Brunello, muore a 82 anni
Vini italiani: i miei top 30 del 2018
Saracco Moscato d’Asti Vertical 2005-2016
Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi (in italiano)
Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi
Brunello di Montalcino 2013: un’annata classica e splendente, da mettere in cantina
Brunello di Montalcino 2013 vintage report
Bruno Giacosa è deceduto a 88 anni
The Volcanic Wines of Italy
I Vini vulcanici d’Italia
Traveling Back in Time With Nebbiolo
Alto Piemonte: the “Other” Nebbiolo
2012 Brunello: a return to finesse and age-worthy structure
The Terroir-Driven Food of Italy
The wine writer (by Jessica Bordoni)
Scrivere di vini (di Jessica Bordoni)
Producers Strike Down Piemonte Nebbiolo DOC
Why You Should Be Worried About Piemonte Nebbiolo
Italy’s Amphora Wines: Back to the Future
O’Keefe: ageability key to Soave’s success (by Darren Smith)
Barolo 2012: Balanced, Approachable and Enjoyable
Trento DOC: Italy’s Mountain Sparkler
Make it a Double in Montalcino: 2011 Brunello and 2010 Riserva
Italian Legend Giacomo Tachis Dies
Discover Italy’s Old Vine Wines
Italy’s Most Collectible Wines
Barolo e Barbaresco, il re e la regina dei vini italiani raccontati da Kerin O’Keefe (di Roberto Giuliani)
Walter Massa Timorasso 1990–2012: The most famous unknown wine
The Superiority of Prosecco Superiore
Tasting the native wines of Sardinia
A measured, informative and very readable tour of Barolandia (by Nicolas Belfrage MW)
Barolo and Barbaresco: A Conversation with Kerin O’Keefe (by Evan Dawson)
The Great Debate: To Decant or Not?
Hot Italian Wines: Is 15% abv the New 14%?
Brunello 2010. Some fantastic wines alongside under performers
Review of Barolo and Barbaresco (by Charles S. Taylor)
Books of the year 2014 + Debunking Barolo myths
Review of Barolo and Barbaresco book published in the UK newspaper Independent (by Henry Jeffreys)
A New Book on Barolo & Barbaresco (by Tom Maresca)
Review of Barolo and Barbaresco by Jon Bonné, The San Francisco Chronicle wine editor.
A Great, New Book on Barolo and Barbaresco (by Ed McCarthy)
Italy’s long-lived whites
Giuseppe Quintarelli
2009 Brunello di Montalcino: Enjoy Soon
Sip and turn a page (by Eric Asimov)
Antonio Mastroberardino, Father for Campania Wine, Dies
Gianfranco Soldera – Case Basse (by Paolo Tenti)
“Shameful” Ruling Over Barolo Borders
Bruno Giacosa: Pioneering Precision in Piedmont
Whole-Bunch Fermentation Spreads to Piedmont
Moscato d’Asti: Rappers’ delight
Bartolo Mascarello
Barolo 2009 and Riserva 2007
COS: A Sicilian Success Story
Addio Franco Biondi Santi
Biondi Santi
Kerin O’Keefe’s Montalcino subzones (by Walter Speller)
Interview with Piero Antinori
Harnessing the Power of Mt. Etna
Brunello di Montalcino 2008 and 2007 Riserva
Q & A with Gaia Gaja
Col d’Orcia
Ornellaia and Masseto: A Tale Of Two Wines
Giuseppe Sesti: Brunello Written in the Stars
Conterno: Tradition Underscores Celebrated Barolo
2012 wine books – Italy (by Paul O’Doherty)
Police arrest suspect in Soldera wine sabotage
Tenuta San Guido
Montalcino rallies round as Soldera’s Brunellos are destroyed
Angelo Rocca (1948–2012): Barbaresco’s free thinker
Brunello’s true believer (by Keith Levenberg)
Italy and the American palate: debunking the myth
The Grace Kelly of wine (byTim Crane)
The Best Brunello Book Yet (by Tom Maresca)
Italian legend Aldo Conterno dies
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Modest maestros
The Real Story of Brunello di Montalcino
Montalcino: time to get in the zone
Lugana. World Class White with Finesse
Barbaresco 2008 and Riserva 2006
Book Review: An Honest Look at Brunello (by Evan Dawson)
Bruno Giacosa
Mavericks producers
US love affair with Italy
Gini Soave Classico La Froscà 1988-2008
Cavallotto. The road less traveled
The Quiet Revolution
Rebels without a cause? The demise of Super-Tuscans
Villa Bucci Riserva
Cult Barolo producer Teobaldo Cappellano dies
Brunello: no change in the rules, producers vote
Barolo – The King of Soul
Brunello: Image or substance, truth or dare?
Sicily. A continent of wine
Gaja Barbaresco over four decades: 1961-2003
Brunello’s Moment of Truth
The Great Escape
Italian and other producers turn back to large casks
Barolo patriarch Bartolo Mascarello dies (by Paolo Tenti)
Kerin O’Keefe racconta Franco Biondi Santi, il gentleman del Brunello (di Franco Ziliani)
Pioneer Luigi Veronelli dies
Trend vs. Tradition. Italian wine styles under siege
Nebbiolo is viognier cousin, conference hears
Anti-Berlusconi label becomes collector’s item
