A Weekend in Franciacorta: Where to Stay, Drink and Eat
Two nights, two great wineries, Lake Iseo and plenty of Franciacorta. Here’s how I’d plan a wine weekend without turning it into a tasting marathon.
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Can You Really Make Money Collecting Italian Wine?
There is a wine auction happening in Milan, and some of the bottles on the list look less like something you open with dinner and more like something you discuss with your accountant. Nothing here touches the truly absurd numbers on my list of the world’s most expensive wines, but…
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Ripasso vs Amarone: Which Valpolicella Wine Should You Choose?
Ripasso and Amarone both come from Valpolicella in Veneto. Both lean on the same traditional grapes, mainly Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella. They can sit right next to each other on a wine shop shelf and look equally Italian. They still hand you two completely different evenings. One is richer than…
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Wine Jokes #10: What If Wine Labels Actually Told the Truth?
Have you ever read the back of a wine bottle and thought, did a poet write this or did someone just really need a job? “Velvety tannins with a lingering finish of dark plum and forest floor.” Forest floor. Someone held a glass of wine, took a sip, and thought,…
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What Is Ripasso Wine? How Valpolicella’s Richer Red Is Made
Ripasso is what happens when Valpolicella decides it wants a little more drama. Regular Valpolicella is bright, fresh, full of sour-cherry energy. Amarone is richer, warmer, and considerably more intense. Ripasso sits comfortably between the two. It carries more body and depth than ordinary Valpolicella. It’s usually easier to drink…
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Why Is South Korea Falling for Prosecco?
Prosecco has traveled again. This time it hasn’t gone to another bottomless brunch in London or a wedding where somebody’s aunt starts dancing before the food arrives. It’s in Seoul, sitting beside Korean food. Prosecco DOC sales in South Korea rose 9.8% between January and April 2026. The campaign behind…
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Europe Has Too Much Wine. So Why Is France Running Out?
Europe has a genuinely strange wine problem this year. Some cellars have too much wine. Some vineyards barely have enough grapes to fill a bottle. Italy is looking at storage tanks it doesn’t know what to do with. France is heading into its smallest harvest since 1957. And somewhere in…
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Cameron Diaz’s Wine Brand Started a Fight With the Federal Government
Cameron Diaz has never been quiet about what she thinks belongs in a human body. In her own wellness book, she made the case that just because you can chew something, swallow it, and eventually pass it, that doesn’t make it food. It’s blunt, it’s a little disgusting, and it’s…
