Ripasso

  • Remarkable Ripasso

    ByChris Parente

    It’s rare for me to do a story on a single wine. But recently my wife and I enjoyed the 2009 Accordini Ripasso Valpolicella and she pronounced it “the best Italian wine I’ve ever had.” So clearly a post was required! I’ve written previously about some Ripassos that were good wines and also good values….

  • Italian Red Winners

    ByChris Parente

    I last wrote about Italian wine for my April WashingtonExec column.  Since then I’ve enjoyed some new Italian red winners that I talk about below. I wrote in April about how Italian wine can be hard to decipher. I hope the deconstructed label above is helpful next time you’re deciding on bringing an Italian wine…