It’s time to write about one of our all-time favorite food wines – barbera. The prototype of this wine comes from the Piedmont area of Italy and is labeled with both the grape varietal and the place ...

Known, as one of the Tuscan wines, the Barberas of the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley are created in landscapes is reminiscent of Italian Piedmont region. The red wine is well-paired with many food ...

Some food pairings have become common in my kitchen – one of them is Italian sausage and barbera, a red wine from Italy. Whether hot or sweet, Italian sausage finds a fit with the lithe, snappy ...

The grape variety barbera (bar-BEAR-uh) plays second fiddle to the more famous Barolo Italian grape. But over the last 20 years we've seen this grape receiving attention. Once regarded as an ordinary ...

Amador’s claim to fame has long been its gnarly old vine zinfandel, its stature symbolic of the early settlers’ struggles to exact a living from the red-stained earth of the foothills. But in the last ...

In Italy, they’ve got a name, for rain and wine and fire. The rain is Teresa, the fire is Giuseppe. And they call the wine Maraia. Yes, just a play on those famous western lyrics, but that was the ...