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 ...

Our last subject, Rioja Gran Reserva, was one such wine, and so is our next, Valpolicella. Light, crisp, refreshing Valpolicella used to be a famous name among Italian reds, but it has been ...

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 ...

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 ...