Growing Italian varieties in California wine country is not a brand-new concept. Zinfandel, which is known in Italy as Primitivo, has been cultivated here for almost 200 years, and there have been ...

The California wine industry has always been based on European varietals. Most of these grape types are French, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from Bordeaux, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from ...

The Cooper family has been growing wine grapes in Amador County for decades for other wineries, but it wasn't until recently they decided to start their own winery. Now approaching its three-year ...

Nine wines made the 2024 San Francisco International Wine Competition’s (SFIWC) final round for best Italian varietal wines. The SFIWC is one of the most prestigious wine competitions in the world, ...

Italy's winemaking history goes back millennia, and today the Mediterranean country produces about a third of all the wine in the world. When Italians emigrated to the United States, they brought ...

From 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, Black Pearl, the Platt Park hot spot at 1529 South Pearl Street, is hosting its first-Thursday-of-the-month summer sip series, an intimate wine and food gathering that will ...

This historical journey started in the early 1900s, as two wayward Italian sons — Valeriano and Francesco Jacuzzi — set forth from Friuli, in northern Italy, and wandered all the way to Washington ...

Italy remains a favorite among global vacationers, but when you want your Tuscan fix asap, go to Central California’s Paso Robles, home to more than 200 wineries. Here, you get your fill of fine ...

Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As people flocked to California during the Gold Rush, Italian immigrants were among the ones heading west. Not all of them were ...