Portelis Food & Wine

My journey into Italy’s rare grape cultivars soldiers on, and next in line is a grape characterised by mistaken identity. When I think…

The fifth article in my series on rare Italian wines. This time we are in Calabria to learn about the white wine grape, Addoraca.

The Sicilian cultivar of Acitana is so rare, not even the producer who grows it could give us information.

With less than 6 hectares of vines left, How much longer will Abrusco be grown.

Cultivars such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, often steal the thunder from lesser-known local varietals…

Lush rolling hills, Sangiovese vineyards, and architecture representative of the medieval period signals that we are in Tuscany. A region…