Sprawling between the cities of Florence and Siena, Chianti Classico is a wild and rugged place, some two- thirds of its hilly terrain covered by forests. Winegrowers often point to this as a positive indication of the region’s biodiversity, but the forests are also...
Belly up to the bar, pompeii styleMt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, burying the city of Pompeii under a mass of ash and pumice, and creating a time capsule of life in an early Imperial Roman town that has been a subject of fascination since it was rediscovered in the...
*This article was originally published on the Wine & Spirits Magazine website in February 2021. All rights reserved.Living on the slopes of Sicily’s Mount Etna has its pros and cons. Etna is Europe’s most active volcano, keeping inhabitants on edge, yet it is also...
