Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

In Tuscany, Italy’s most famous wine-exporting region, thousands of bottles meant for American tables are stranded in the wineries’ chilly cellars or in storage rooms in Livorno, the port city ...

Cellar masters were fermenting their wines using their grandfathers ... Its 1997 vintage was Wine Spectator's Wine of the Year in 2000, the first Italian wine to earn this honor. In 1999, Antinori ...

There is a wine bar in the courtyard, a tasting room on the ground floor, a charming cellar room for events, and a gourmet restaurant, recently added to the Michelin Guide for Italy. ES Cantina ...