The World and Its Wines, One Vineyard at at Time

Welcome to Chasing Wine! Wine tells a story. About the land, people, and varietals that create it. Each post at Chasing Wine is about sharing the narrative behind the bottle. And, since any story about wine starts in the vineyard, that’s where Chasing Wine is headed. No points or what-to-buy-now lists here. Just tales from…

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A Change in Fortune

Barbera’s climb to become “the people’s wine” Food-friendly, plenty of zip, and rounded off with some spice. It’s simple how barbera, in the words of Cole Porter, “would be so easy to love.” Barbera’s popularity is perhaps as much owed to its casting as “the people’s wine” – unpretentious, approachable, and easy-going – as the…

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By Gavi

The charm of Piemonte’s outlier wine Tucked into the southeastern crevice of Piemonte, Gavi denotes the area that surrounds and is named for the town of Gavi. Wines carrying the Gavi label are made from 100 percent cortese, a white varietal whose name in Italian means polite, courteous. It’s a fitting moniker for a grape…

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Heart and Soil

Finding what makes Barolo’s vineyards tick with Cavallotto Within wine circles, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that great wine is made in the vineyard. It’s a nod to the fact that trends cycle, and technologies evolve, but the work of the cellar can never outstep or outshine the gifts of nature. One area where this…

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Barolo and Barbaresco Restored

Gaja and the road to the booming eighties Among the first families of winemaking, the Gajas of Barbaresco hold special rank. Angelo Gaja, whose indefatigable charm and unflagging energy in promoting Barbaresco as keeping court with the world’s highest prestige wines is well chronicled, represents the fourth generation to steward the vineyard. Far more than…

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