It has been a little under two weeks since Italy announced the findings in the Brunello di Montalcino scandal. In case you haven't been following this case, Italian authorities — prompted by the United States — started an investigation to find out whether some renowned manufacturers of Brunello ...

Italian wine enthusiasts (that includes most of us, right?) may find this past weekend's 60 Minutes story on Italy's Antinori family intriguing. https://youtu.be/UcyqizOfAic "All in the Family" story on the Antinori wine family on CBS 60 Minutes. Also available here. Considered one of ...

Tuscany has more than a dozen wine routes. These are known collectively as Le Strade del Vino.

A round-up of food festivals in Le Marche.

One of the pleasures of visiting Tuscany is having the chance to drive the fertile hills of wine country, sampling reds and whites along the way. Most travelers really only think of Chianti, a mini-region within Tuscany, when thinking about Tuscan wine. But another vino hotspot is Montalcino. ...

You can eat well just about anywhere in Italy. But Italians know that Italy's culinary heart lies in Emilia-Romagna. Lasagna, tortellini, premium balsamic vinegar from Modena, Parma ham, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, mortadella -- all of these scrumptious items (and more) come from ...

Olive oil "fraud" in Italy is rampant. In fact, tons of so-called "extra virgin olive oil" is made from "illegal importations of seed oil and cheap olive oil from outside the E.U." In the most recent New Yorker, Tom Mueller discusses the increasingly corrupt business that has become the olive ...

I'm very lucky. The very first time I tasted risotto was in Milan. We were en route to Verona and ate the creamy, saffron-tinted risotto milanese at the train station cafe. Even given the locale, it was still an epiphany. Apparently, I'm not the only one who has dreams about one of Milan's most ...

Pesto, the green pasta sauce indigenous to Genoa, is celebrated at the Pesto World Championship. Learn more about pesto and culinary competition.

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