Indiana Uplands Wine Designation Could Boost Industry’s Image

Howard Hewitt
Feature Stories
3 min read
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – Indiana winemakers believe validation and credibility come with the federal government’s designation of the Indiana Uplands in southeast Indiana as an American Viticulture Area (AVA). Indiana Secretary of Agriculture Gina Sheets, members of Purdue University’s Wine and Grape team, along with representatives of Indiana’s nine Upland wineries

The Avant-Garde of Osteria Francescana

Marko Kovac
Features
4 min read
Half way into the lunch, Giuseppe Palmieri is doing the unimaginable. He has brought three bottles to the table — a German Riesling, a French Chenin and an Italian Malvasia. “You see-this wine is too young, this one is too ‘hard’ and this one is too aromatic,” Palmieri says before

Envisioning Wine’s Future

David White
Features
3 min read
On Super Bowl Sunday, some 1.25 billion chicken wings were consumed alongside 11 million pounds of potato chips, 4 million pounds of pretzels, and 2.5 million pounds of nuts. Massive quantities of beer helped wash all that down -- nearly 50 million cases worth were sold on Sunday alone. It's

Stop That Train! Save Lugana Wine

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
6 min read
Let’s imagine a relaxing, colorful place, or, as described by the Italian singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, a site with "scattered houses, cobblestone streets, uninterrupted rows of trees, patches of olive trees, rosemary, roses, twisted and mighty oaks, inns that suddenly appear, where you sit down, drink the fresh Lugana, chat, have