Y ou're standing in front of a wine list. Barbaresco, Barolo, Brunello—all those B's swimming together. Someone at the table asks wh...

A hh, Italy, the multifaceted mystery, the oblique seductress, the carefully measured labyrinth. After a day of working in the garden, st...

S ince Italy aligned their wine regulations with the European Community in 2012 , the unbridled enthusiasm to rush wine towards the vaunte...

L ast week in San Francisco I presented a piece to a group at the Society of Wine Educators conference. Called Deconstructing DOCG, it was ...

F rom what I can gather the D.O.C. and D.O.C.G. is no more. A document was signed by the Director General ad interim, Stefano Vaccari back ...

I t’s been a long, lonely summer, but the Italians are back from holiday. Two important new DOCG appellations now have received their well-...

♫ Got the wings of heaven on my shoes, I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose ♫ I t was too good to be true, that we might ha...

Click here and hit the magnify button when you get there to enlarge map.Or click on the map and enlarge...Enjoy! Note to American sommel...

from the "when the going gets weird, the weird turn DOCG" dept... I can barely keep up with it. Can you imagine the Italian go...

From the "Let my people go" dept... I t is that time of the year, when they roll out Charlton Heston and the 10 Commandments epic...

...the latest news from "The Other Side" Carnac the Magnificent. by Victor McCay T here is not enough coffee or amaro to mak...

From the "Say it isn't so" département The French would never do this. Only the Italians. Not that it matters to that many p...

Revised March 13, 2010 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have...

So now we hear DOC/G is dead. Long live the DOP (Denominazione d’Origine Protetta) or PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) if you are in th...

Revised Oct 10, 2009 In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have b...

The latest news from the Marche is that Verdicchio has been awarded a DOCG. The wines that fall under this category are: Verdicchio di Matel...

The recent awarding of a DOCG ( or was it 2 DOCG’s ?) for Prosecco started it all off. I got thinking that there are several wines that have...

To the best of my ability, here is the list, after the jump. Complete Listing of Italian DOCG Wines (as of May 2008): 41 Abruzzo (1) M...