Tuscany, and the area around Montepulciano in particular, contains some of the most well-trafficked roads in all of Italy, between Siena ... to add its own point of view." The "something new ...

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 ...

Steadfast and reserved, the region of Le Marche in central Italy is celebrating two 50th ... Rosso Conero is a hearty red made of the native Montepulciano grape grown by the sea, while ...

I’ve been thinking about simplicity over the course of the last month as we have been drinking Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a red from the Abruzzo region of central Italy, made with the ...

It’s time to dig in. In the Northeast, the cold and dark of winter are arriving, made even chillier by the unrelenting Covid-19 pandemic. The holidays, at least, will be festive in 2020’s own ...

But the highlight of Meuble Il Riccio is the amazing view. Even my bathroom ... Car hire is quite cheap in Italy. Meuble Il Riccio has parking. I literally drove into Montepulciano and parked ...

Which brings me to a delicious and interesting $13 red from Italy, the 2005 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo from La Valentina. Although you might not realize it, almost everything about this wine is on ...