Artisan Wines, Aleatico Maestro

Artisan Wines, Aleatico Maestro

If you ever want to meet the original, archetypical maker of artisan wines, head for Gradoli – a small town on the west of Lake Bolsena, about 70 miles north of Rome – and look for Francesco from La Carcaia. If you don’t know where to begin, go to the tiny...
Hot Springs and An Artisan Winery

Hot Springs and An Artisan Winery

The geology of Italy is very complex but, to put it simply, this is where Europe meets Africa. The European tectonic plate goes up and the African one goes down and the result is the mountain range called the Apennines. It’s way more complicated, but that will do for...