Many wine lovers worship Nebbiolo. The grape has experienced a boom in recent years, which has benefitted the entire region of Piedmont in the northwest of Italy. This is the home of Nebbiolo, and it ...

The wine industry of Piedmont, as with virtually every other region in Italy, is based primarily on indigenous varieties. There are several, from the white Cortese and Timorasso to the red Grignolino, ...

Assorted bottles of nebbiolo, the grand grape of northern Italy. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS) Assorted bottles of nebbiolo, the grand grape of northern Italy. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago ...

Guide to hidden gems: Tasting Table's new list features 13 lesser-known red wines worth exploring in 2026. Trends shaping choices: Selections reflect demand for sustainable farming, lower alcohol ...

Winter is nebbiolo’s season. We’re talking an old-fashioned winter – a winter when pipes freeze, rivers threaten to breach levees, fog settles in like a cat curled up in front of the fireplace, ...

THOSE WHO GROW and make pinot noir know it to be a fickle mistress, a maddening grape that prefers a region on the distant edge of viticultural viability. It barely ripens and only rarely results in a ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Nebbiolo is among the world’s great red grapes, able to create wines that impeccably balance power and elegance. While Piedmont’s Barolo and Barbaresco appellations are the two places in the world ...

A glass of nebbiolo from northern Italy is a contradiction. The color is deceivingly light, but the flavors are complex. Your brain sees simplicity, but the palate tastes something more. This ...

Is Nebbiolo the next Pinot Noir? Winemakers in California have been fiddling with Nebbiolo for almost three decades, and yet no one has found the key. In Piedmont, this is the grape that makes fabled ...

After a trip to Italy and southern France, Joe and Yvette Kirwin decided it was time for a change of pace. European food culture is calm and intimate, they said --different from the "go, go, go" of ...