Piemonte | Italy

Now home to some of Italy’s most prestigious wines, Piemonte reached its current peak thanks to a revolution that started fermenting in the 1960s.

• By Gavi: Discovering the charm of Piemonte’s outlier wine with La Scolca
• Heart and Soil: Finding what makes Barolo’s vineyards tick with Cavallotto
• Changing of the Guard: Renato Ratti and Barolo’s new pack of winemakers
• Barolo and Barbaresco Restored: Gaja and the road to the booming eighties

Whisky | Scotland

From the Highlands heartland to the the peat bogs of Islay, the glories of the vine are traded for the beauties of the malt on a whisky tour of Scotland.

• Three Weeks, 21 Distilleries: Confessions of a somm from the whisky trail
• Barley’s Worldwide Journey: From the Fertile Crescent to Scotland’s “water of life”
• Scotland’s Terroir: All about that peat
• Casks of Character: Whisky’s secret ingredient

Brda | Slovenia

A jump over the border from the northeastern crevices of Italy, the Brda region of Slovenia is one of the homes to the rebirth of orange wine, building its wine future by reclaiming traditions of its past.

• Slovenia’s Wine Frontier: On the western front with Ščurek
• The Rise of Orange Wines: Movia and the quest to make what’s old new again

Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy

In this Adriatic outpost, where Near Eastern Europe meets the Mediterranean, winemaking predates the Romans but came into its own on the heels of post-war pioneers.

• Making the Map: Livio Felluga and the restoration of vineyards to Friuli’s hillsides
• Wine and Life at the Crossroads: Bastianich finds a homecoming in Friuli
• A Snapshot in Time: The keeping of family, local history at Villa Rubini
• Secrets of the Old Vine: The 120-year-old picolit presiding over Conte d’Attemis Maniago
• Back from the Brink: Schioppettino’s revival at Ronchi di Cialla

Trentino-Alto Adige | Italy

Under the shadows of the Dolomites, the vineyards of Trentino-Alto Adige span the languages and histories of the Italian-speaking Trentino and German-speaking Alto Adige, or Südtirol to locals.

• Tracing Gewürztraminer to Its Fabled Roots: Tasting with Weingut von Elzenbaum, one of Tramin’s oldest family-operated cellars
• From Imperial Post Coach Office to State-of-the-Art Winery: Innovation is in the DNA of J. Hofstätter
• All in the Family: Foradori keeps generational, regional ties strong
• The Renaissance Treatment: Old vines and a new experiment at Barone de Cles
• Side Trip to Santa Massenza: Turning “holy wine” into grappa at Francesco Poli