Insider’s Wine Travel Guides
Where to go, taste and stay in the world’s great wine regions — written from the road, not the desk.
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Insider's Wine Travel Guides
- by Big Hammer Wines
Uruguayan Wine: Tannat, the Atlantic, and the Country That Kept It Quiet
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Lombardy: Franciacorta, Valtellina and Milan's Cellar
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Emilia-Romagna: Real Lambrusco and the Food Capital of Italy
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Sardinia: Cannonau, Vermentino and an Island Apart
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Trentino-Alto Adige: Alpine Precision in Two Languages
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Italy's White Wine Laboratory
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Campania: Aglianico, Fiano and the Wines Rome Drank
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Abruzzo: Montepulciano, Pecorino and the Greenest Region in Europe
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Puglia: Primitivo, Negroamaro and Italy's Best-Value Reds
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Sicilian Wine: Etna's Volcanic Cru System and the Island Beyond
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Italian Wine: Twenty Regions, 500 Grapes, One Table
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Paso Robles: Limestone, Big Swings, and California's Rhone Capital
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Oregon Wine: Pinot Noir at the 45th Parallel
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Alsace: France's Most Germanic Region and Its Easiest Label to Read
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Ribera del Duero: High, Harsh, and Home to Spain's Most Coveted Reds
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Rioja: The Region That Ages Your Wine For You
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Champagne: The Chalk, the Bubbles, and the Two Letters on the Label
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Bordeaux Wine: Two Banks, Five Growths, and the Gravel That Decides Everything
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Burgundy Wine: Two Grapes, One Slope, and 1,247 Arguments
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Tuscan Wine: Sangiovese, Cypress Hills, and the Rebellion That Changed Italy
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New York Wine: Glacial Lakes, Riesling Nerve, and the Doctor Who Proved Everyone Wrong
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California Wine: The Fog Line, the Fault Lines, and the Golden State's Real Map
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German Wine: Riesling, Slate, and the Most Misread Labels in Wine
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Piemonte Wine: Fog, Nebbiolo, and Italy's Quietest Grand Cru Country