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Partly Cloudy, Fully Dry: Sui Lieviti transforms traditional Prosecco col fondo

In the hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene, there’s a new take on the origins of Prosecco. Claudio Francavilla trudged steadily along the road as my car passed him on the way back to the cellar. The owner of L’Antica Quercia had come out to greet me in the vineyards on...

Soave’s Volcanic Revival

Unless you’re a Baby Boomer, you’ve probably never seen the TV ad campaign run by Italy’s Bolla wine company in the 1970s and ’80s, but you can still catch it on YouTube. They show a nattily dressed Franco Bolla living la dolce vita and saying things like, “Why do so...