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A Vulture Revelation: Mini-Vertical of Cantine del Notaio's La Firma
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Oct 2025
Aglianico can mature gracefully for decades, competing with the ageability of the world's most prestigious wines. This rare vertical of Cantine del Notaio's La Firma is a testament to Aglianico’s incredible potential and Vulture’s unique terroir.
Making the Case for Campania
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Sep 2025
Campania is one of Italy's most underappreciated winegrowing regions, consistently producing world-class, ageworthy wines that offer outstanding value. Yet Campania remains largely overlooked. Despite its historical challenges, a quiet revolution led by dedicated winemakers has positioned Campanian wine to become a cornerstone for serious collectors.
Sicily Excels Despite Mother Nature's Wrath: The 2022 and 2023 Vintages
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Jul 2025
Sicily continues to impress with a surge of dynamic new projects and the emergence of spectacular, previously unexplored terroirs across the island’s mountainous interior, all while offering wines of unbeatable value.
An Eruption of Fine Wine on Mount Etna
featured, Italy: Center & South
, May 2025
Mount Etna has arrived. Long anticipated to join the ranks of Piedmont, Montalcino and Burgundy, Etna has established itself as a world-class viticultural zone. The region’s intricate array of contrade, distinctive vineyards and diverse terroirs yields site-transparent wines of incredible complexity. Mount Etna and its winemakers are poised to finally receive the attention they deserve.
Emilia-Romagna: Chomping at the Bit
featured, Italy: Center & South
, May 2025
Emilia-Romagna is transforming before our eyes. Winemakers are redefining the boundaries of Sangiovese, offering surprising depth and a newfound purity, while categories like Lambrusco have started down a more artisanal path. The only thing holding the region back is Mother Nature.
Abruzzo Weathers the Storm: Surviving the 2023 and 2024 Vintages
featured, Italy: Center & South
, May 2025
Being a winemaker in Abruzzo these days is a challenge. While the area undergoes massive changes to reform its DOC, reorganize its subregions, keep bottling of Montepulciano within the region and work out a system to add place names to its labels, Abruzzo has also endured two of the most difficult vintages imaginable. Somehow, the best winemakers persevere and continue to keep spirits high.
Southern Italy: Basilicata, Puglia, Calabria & Molise
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Mar 2025
The wines of southern Italy present many challenges for the discerning consumer. While the potential for excellence exists, winemakers often focus on making forward, easy-drinking wines. A number of cultural factors may contribute to this trend, including wineries prioritizing local sales and a general reluctance to embrace innovation. Nonetheless, many exceptional estates are widely deserving of considerable attention.
Umbria: Peeling Back the Layers
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Oct 2024
Umbria’s diverse landscape, terroirs, styles and grape varieties can be a lot to handle. However, navigating this complexity and the wide range of vintages in the market is well worth the effort, as Umbria consistently produces some of Italy’s most exquisite wines.
Abruzzo: Trials and Tribulations
featured, Italy: Center & South
, Sep 2024
Come heat waves, drought, torrential rain or frost, winemakers in Abruzzo continue to push forward to prove their value. Readers will find exciting new releases in both 2022 and 2023, but these are also two vintages with extremely low production because of challenging weather conditions.
Tiberio's Fonte Canale: Redefining Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
featured, Verticals & Retrospectives, Italy: Center & South
, Aug 2024
In only 12 years, Fonte Canale has become one of Italy's iconic white wines. Tiberio’s Fonte Canale is made from the hard-to-find Trebbiano Abruzzese grape. This vertical, spanning the first official release in 2012 up to a preview of the yet-to-be-released 2022, will give readers a good idea of how the wines develop over time.