Montepulciano d’Abruzzo has always been a wine with a good degree of popularity in the marketplace. And why not? It’s got deep color (often bright purple), offers aromas and flavors such as black plum ...

The wines of Abruzzo in central eastern Italy have received a lot of attention as of late, due to a number of factors. First, the quality of the wines has improved across the board, Secondly, the ...

Central Italy’s Abruzzo has always attracted visitors thanks to its enviable snow season, but up until recently the majority were European. Now the region, a world away from modern Italy, could be on ...

“Abruzzo is an enigma,” Romito had observed earlier in Italian as we walked the grassy perimeter of Reale, which he relocated to the 16th-century white-walled monastery in Castel di Sangro from a ...

A new generation of exacting growers and winemakers has brought vitality to an Italian region known for its cheap wines. By Eric Asimov Reporting from Cugnoli, Atri, Loreto Aprutino, Pianella and ...

I grew up hearing the word—Abruzzo—but didn’t know what it meant. The older generation, their parents born in Italy, often spoke words I didn’t understand. Words of emphasis, food words, sometimes ...

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