The Domini Veneti Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2016 Review
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “cooperative wine”.
For many, it conjures up the idea of anonymous producers just grabbing grapes from all aro...
Guides
The New York Times Loves Verdicchio (And These Are the Reasons That You Should Too)
In a recent New York Times piece, Eric Asimov highlights an Italian white wine grape that he believes deserves the title of “great”.
That grape is Verdicchi...
The Nasty Smells That Tell You That Something’s Wrong With Your Italian Wine
You’ve been waiting for this all day…
The stress of the day starts to melt away as soon as you pop the cork. You pour the Italian wine nice and slowly into ...
Marsala – The Perfect Sipping Wine
What’s the first thought that comes to mind when we say the word Marsala.
You’ve probably started off with Italian wine, which it is of course. But from the...
Can You Make Wine At Home?
You’ve spent years building up a fine collection of Italian wine…
Well, let’s be honest. You don’t exactly have an active collection. It’s more like a list ...
The Marchesi di Barolo Moscato d’Asti Zagara 2018 Review
You’ve seen the word “Barolo” in this review and you’re probably thinking that this is going to be an article about the legendary king of wines.
But then yo...
The Olivier Leflaive Puligny Montrachet 2017 Review
At Xtrawine, we absolutely adore talking about Italian wines and all of the wonderful things that they bring to the industry.
But that doesn’t mean that we ...
The Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria Dorilli 2017 Review
For the longest time, the wines from the Sicilian isles didn’t get the respect that many of the top producers in the region felt that they should.
On one ha...
Explaining the Wine Spectator’s 100-Point Scale
For those who like to keep track of the global wine industry, The Wine Spectator, may be one of the most important magazines in the world. Started in the ...
Ballabio Farfalla Metodo Classico Extra Brut Review
Sometimes, an Italian wine comes along that’s so good that it almost literally knocks your socks off. These are the wines that go beyond being good quality. Th...