To describe a wine as “salty” may not seem like much of a compliment. Yet it can be high praise indeed. Some of the world’s greatest wines have a distinct saline tang. In France, where the vocabulary ...

Notwithstanding its reputation for sun drenched vineyards, over two-thirds of Sicily’s wine production is devoted to white wines. In addition, to international white grape varietals like Chardonnay ...

There are more than 350 white grape varieties officially recorded in Italy — and if you count those beyond the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s list, that number climbs to at least 500. Yet most ...