Vin Santo refers to a type of wine made from grapes ... Once the fermentation has been completed, the wine is left to age in small 50-liter barrels called caratelli. Barrels as small as 15 liters ...

At the end of a hearty Italian meal, there's something deeply satisfying about enjoying a great cup of espresso served with a couple of almond-studded biscotti. Our inclination for dunking these ...

Vin santo is a late-harvest wine from Italy, generally Tuscany. It’s usually made from white grapes, namely Trebbiano or Malvasia, that are semi-dried before being pressed and fermented; then the ...

It undergoes a similar production process to other Vin Santo wines, with the grapes being dried before fermentation and then aged for an extended period, often several years, in small barrels or ...

Vin santo as we know it today — the Tuscan version ... the wine is aged in old oak barrels before bottling. The 2008 vintage won a gold medal at this year's Virginia Governor's Cup competition ...

The factor that makes vin santo so special is that its grapes are typically dried for three or four months on cane mats to concentrate the sugars, before being fermented and aged in small barrels.

When the casks are eventually cracked open, the best barrels are bottled, while those that don't quite measure up are converted to vinegar, albeit pretty highly regarded vinegar. Vin Santo comes ...

But I digress; Vin Santo and biscotti ... They are then pressed and begin fermenting in oak barrels; where they rest for a minimum of three years. Just like vampires, the longer those grapes ...

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