Piedmont does make sweet wines, like Asti Spumante and Brachetto d’Acqui, but dolcetto is a very dry red wine made from a namesake early-ripening, low-acid workhorse grape that grows easily in ...

Wine can be an intimidating subject to learn about, but you don't have to dive into the deep end right away. Try these sweet ...

Give these characteristics, Dolcetto is too often overlooked when analyzing Piedmont's red wines. It's not long-lived, like a Nebbiolo-based wine, nor is it as well known as Barbera.

Their portfolio, filled with wines from Alba, Asti, Barolo, Barbaresco, Casorzo and Gavi, display the Piedmont terroir with characteristics of the rich Italian soil, the temperate climate, the ...

The wine displays floral, earth, soft herb and sweet spice characteristics. One of the leading producers in Piemonte, Gaja Barbaresco is fresh and rich, dense yet elegant with notes of dark ...

All four wines come from northwestern Italy near a small village famous for white truffles. ... Wine Press: 4 great, Italian red wines under $20 from Piedmont. Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 6:00 p.m. By .

Sweet wines aren't exactly the most popular style on the market, but they certainly have their place at the dinner table. Here's the sweetest wine style around.

Arneis and Nebbiolo from Piedmont. ... or else it was grown to produce sweet wines. ... The red wine of Roero—Nebbiolo—was first mentioned in the year 1303 in a notary document that served ...

Among other wines I’ve tasted recently, I found my sweet spot in a $14 white from Italy – Icardi’s 2010 “L’Aurora” Cortina from Piedmont in the northwest.