This covers both the Old and New World from 1500 (1492) to the present. Most modern wine styles, as we know them today, were developed during or after the Renaissance. […]

Fortified wines are defined as any wine to which alcohol, usually in the form of neutral grape spirits, has been added to increase the final alcohol content of the wine […]

An in-depth knowledge of Italian wine is critical to the serious wine student. Italy is the largest wine producing country in the world (just beating out Spain in 2022) and […]