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Barbaresco 2021 Vintage Report

Cellar Gems and Fails #7

Langhe Loses Luminary Enrico Scavino

Cellar Gems and Fails #6

Two Decades of Comm. G.B. Burlotto Monvigliero and Acclivi: Modern Day Classics

Freisa

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Barolo 2020 Vintage Report

Cellar Gems and Fails #4

FIVI: Trust in Italy’s Grower-Producer Wines

Cellar Gems and Fails #3

Top 100 Italian 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 2021-1987

Paolo Scavino Bric del Fiasc Barolo Vertical

Don Fiorino 2016 Barbaresco Riserva (free access)

Barbaresco 2020 Vintage Report

Castello di Barolo

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

Castello di Barolo

Barolo 2018: Finesse, fragrance and freshness

© Paolo Tenti | The town of Barbaresco

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

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

Castello di Barolo

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

blind tasting Kerin O'Keefe

Vini italiani: i miei top 30 del 2018

Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi (in italiano)

Addio Giuseppe Rinaldi

Brunello di Montalcino 2013: un’annata classica e splendente, da mettere in cantina

2013: Radiant, cool climate Brunellos for the cellar

Bruno Giacosa è deceduto a 88 anni

The Volcanic Wines of Italy

I Vini vulcanici d’Italia

Traveling Back in Time With Nebbiolo

© Kerin O'Keefe | Christoph Kunzli of Le Piane in his vineyard in Boca

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)

intervista a kerin O'Keefe di 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

Italy’s Great Pinot Grigios

Castello di Barolo

Barolo 2012: Balanced, Approachable and Enjoyable

Trentodoc: 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

Walter Massa Timorasso 1990–2012: The most famous unknown wine

The Superiority of Prosecco Superiore

Tasting the native wines of Sardinia

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

Italy’s long-lived whites

Making sense of Montalcino

Tradition Rules at Giuseppe Quintarelli (by Paolo Tenti)

2009 Brunello di Montalcino: Enjoy Soon

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

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

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

Italy and the American palate: debunking the myth

Italian legend Aldo Conterno dies

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Modest maestros

Montalcino: time to get in the zone

Lugana. World Class White with Finesse

Pio Cesare

Barbaresco 2008 and Riserva 2006

Bruno Giacosa

Meet the mavericks

US love affair with Italy

A Rosso by any other name

Brunello: 2005 now, 2004 Later

Chianti Classico divorce papers come through

Cavallotto. The road less traveled

The Quiet Revolution

Rebels without a cause? The demise of Super-Tuscans

Cult Barolo producer Teobaldo Cappellano dies

Brunello: no change in the rules, producers vote

Brunello: Image or substance, truth or dare?

Brunello on the brink

Sicily. A continent of wine

© Paolo Tenti | Barbaresco 1961-2003 Gaja

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)

Italian wine culture in danger of outsiders and ‘vultures’: Tachis

Pioneer Luigi Veronelli dies

Trend vs. Tradition. Italian wine styles under siege

Nebbiolo is viognier cousin, conference hears

Bartolo Mascarello label: No Barrique No Berlusconi

Anti-Berlusconi label becomes collector’s item