The Foreign Affair Winery was founded nearly two decades ago by husband-and-wife team Len and Marisa Crispino. They had been living as expats in Italy, and fell in love with Amarone wines from the ...

In the hills north of the fair city of Verona is one of Italy's grandest treasures, a wine steeped in history but with a modern twist - Amarone Valpolicella. Amarone is produced by the ancient Roman ...

Appassimento: Italian term for drying harvested grapes, traditionally on bamboo racks or straw mats, for a few weeks up to several months to concentrate the sugars and flavors. This process is used in ...

You will see the word appassimento writ large on an increasing number of wine labels. It refers to wines made from grapes that have been dried for an extended period before being pressed and the juice ...