Legend. One star: Good: The wine delivers what it promises at a fair price. If it says chardonnay, it tastes like chardonnay. Two stars: Excellent: A wine with character and added interest.

Here are some examples of Italian reds that will be as wonderful with tomato- or mushrooms-based sauces as with game and white truffles. Worth noting, the 2016 vintage is showing as stellar.

Take five: white wines from the Lugana DOC on Lake Garda. Producers. Perla del Perla 2018, Lugana Riserva DOP.Squat, shapely bottle, tart yellow plum and cherries, medium bodied, tart walnut skin.

Italian wines perfect for summertime enjoyment. ... The key white wine of the area is Vermentino, ... She was in town stopping over before traveling down to Marfa for a wine dinner ...

Bring a taste of Italian summer home with these 21 refreshing Italian white wines. The majority of wine made in Italy is white and these bottles from regions including Sicily, Sardinia, Abruzzo ...

Course 1: Beet salad, hazelnut, herb goat cheese, olive oil, lemon. Wine: La Gemella Rosata. Course 2: Fennel and apple salad, scallop, beurre blanc. Wine: Chardonnay ...

The wine bar-bottle shop’s tasting includes a welcome prosecco, the three wines and Italian dinner with dessert. Cost is $89 (club members, $79). RSVP to [email protected] .

This $16 Italian white wine is wonderful for warm weather meals. ... Italy’s diversity of delicious white wine varieties tends to be overshadowed by the popularity of the country’s red wines.