Recently, the hostess of a wine luncheon at Il Gattopardo asked her table, “How often have you tasted Italian white wines aged for more than ten or fifteen years?” It was not a rhetorical question but rather a query about the preconceptions that many oenophiles bring to Italian white wine. … Read More
For many of us, Chinese cuisine has proved something of a conundrum when attempting to choose the correct wine pairings—yet, given pasta’s antecedents in China, it should come as no surprise to realize that Italian wines from the Lugana wine region pair beautifully with the seafood-rich bounty of Cantonese cuisine. … Read More
On the border of Portugal in western Spain exists a region known as Extremadura that has long been celebrated for its Roman ruins, which include aqueducts and theatres—and yet, increasingly, oenophiles are looking to the region thanks to the wines … Read More
