Valpolicella Ripasso has long been my hero in wine emergencies. Invariably, when I am out with a large and thirsty group I am asked to choose the wine. To me, herding feral cats would be easier ...

That’s particularly true in the local Valpolicella wine industry, which has gone from rags to riches in the last 40 years with the boom of its flagship Amarone, a wine made powerfully concentrated by ...

The rolling hills of Valpolicella produce four distinct wine styles with the same grape varieties. Bill Zacharkiw Valpolicella can be a confusing appellation. It exports four distinct styles of ...

Stefano Cesari is a smart guy who has grown wise with experience. Over more than 40 vintages in the Valpolicella Classica area between Verona and Lake Garda in northeastern Italy, he has lived the ...