While many Amarone producers send their wine to market after two years of aging or even four for a riserva, Zenato holds back a barrel in special vintages for a limited-edition bottling. The first to ...

I'd open it soon and not get my hopes up. Amarone is a full-bodied, robust red designed for cellaring. In an ideal world, that Zenato should improve with up to 15 years in the cellar, perhaps longer.

Italy is home to dramatic, deeply flavored red wines, including Barolo, Brunello and lesser-known Amarone. Amarone - the leading red wine of the Valpolicella region in the Veneto - is big, extracted ...

Thank you, Italy, for creating or perfecting many of the things we love. Art by Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Operas by Puccini and Verdi. Pasta, risotto and thousands of other delicious Italian ...

“We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all just for the asking,” says Ray Liotta as the titular character Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 mobster classic Goodfellas. Based on ...

The main grape in both Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Valpolicella DOC wines, Corvina is known for its fresh flavors of cherry and raspberry with notes of chocolate and spice. Amarone della ...

The first question many people will ask about a wine is, “What does it taste like?” Rarely does anybody ask, “How does it feel?” Yet body, density, weight and texture, often combined in the inelegant ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. While many Amarone producers send their wine to market after two years of ...