Amarone della Valpolicella is widely recognized as one of Italy's most powerful and iconic red wines since it was first produced in the 1950s (many people are surprised to learn that Amarone as we ...

Amarone is a unique Italian expression of red wine based on a complex winemaking technique. It's also a versatile partner for food. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hyland writes about wine (and sometimes) food from Europe and US. The new releases of Amarone della Valpolicella from the 2017 ...

Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico is not a wine that you’d likely choose to drink every day. First, it’s expensive compared to other Italian wines. Second, it is a powerful, opulent, dry red that is ...

In Valpolicella, home of Italy’s revered Amarone, references to the Nebbiolo-based wines of neighboring Piedmont and Lombardy crop up unexpectedly. Perhaps it’s hard for winemakers here not to think ...

It’s said that the second greatest mistake (just behind the origin of Champagne) in winemaking occurred when winemakers in Valpolicella were attempting to make sweet wine from dried grapes and ended ...

The Amarone della Valpolicella category needs to embrace change and restore its former global cachet, according to Stefano Cesari, owner of Brigaldara winery in the Veneto region. Speaking at a ...

I DON’T KNOW many chefs who care as much about wine as they do about food. Mario Carlino, a native of Calabria and the chef-owner of Divina Ristorante in Caldwell, N.J., is one of the few. Most of the ...

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WARREN, Ohio – The Grand Resort is holding an Amarone wine dinner next week. Dinner will be 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, in The Grand Resort’s Wine Cellar. Masi Agricola wines from the Valpolicella ...