Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Liz Thach writes about wine business and wine lifestyle. For wine lovers who are looking for an alternative to chardonnay, ...

Vermentino is a seafarer’s grape, traditionally grown on the windswept coasts of Italy’s Sardinia and Liguria and the nearby French island of Corsica. It’s no wonder, then, the white variety thrives ...

THE VERMENTINO grape is grown widely—from Italy to France and even Australia. Yet casual wine drinkers might be excused for believing that only two wines are made from this variety: Argiolas ...

If you’re daydreaming about a well-earned day at the shore, a trio of coastal Italian pours will quicken your desire to feel warm sand under your toes. All three wines, kissed by salty air blowing off ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of wines from Tuscany? Probably famous reds like Chianti, Brunello or ...

Is there such a thing as spring break in a bottle? We think so, and it goes by the name of vermentino. With its salty sea-breeze quality and utter quaffability, this white grape from the Mediterranean ...

At a major wine competition last week, all of the judges were poured a warm-up wine and asked to identify it. Since these were theoretically skilled judges, the task sounds like it would have been ...

There are more than 350 white grape varieties officially recorded in Italy — and if you count those beyond the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s list, that number climbs to at least 500. Yet most ...