Nectar-bright fruit and flowers, bubbly and sweet: Piemonte's famous wines ... sweet wine approaches," he wrote in Italian Wine. While Moscato d'Asti is: "Like Asti but less fine, more coarsely ...

More to come on which is which in terms of Italian wine. There is a sparkling white wine from Asti, a region in Piemonte, often called Asti Spumante. For the specific gem of Asti, look for Moscato ...

At harvest time in northern Italy ... over hillside vineyards of ripened nebbiolo grapes. Those from five tiny villages near Alba, the sleepy capital of the Langhe region of Piemonte, will ...

The 76-year-old's family hail from Portacomaro Stazione, in the wine producing region of Asti, famous for its sparking Asti Spumante, where his father Mario José was an Italian railway worker.

I attended the Bibo Restaurant brunch and wine launch recently and was treated to delicious Barbera wine from the northwest Piemonte region of Italy as well as authentic Italian tapas. Bibo Restaurant ...

What’s not to like about Asti, Italy’s classic sweet sparkling wine? Yet it’s generally underrated here because, I think, it’s far too often served horribly warm and/or, unsuitably ...

“Great terroirs are not simply made of expert winemakers and powerful grapes,” said Luca Pasquero-Elia, who runs the Paitin winery with his father, Giovanni, and uncle, Silvano. “Soil, climate and ...