In Teroldegos, the Thrill of the Obscure

[lsanderson]

Elisabetta Foradori has worked to restore the genetic diversity of the teroldego grape on her family’s estate in the Italian province of Trentino.
By ERIC ASIMOV
Published: February 8, 2011

PEOPLE often complain to me that wine confuses them. They don’t want to memorize the myriad names and places. They want it to be effortless and easy. Just last week, at a trade-sponsored conference on Italian wines in New York City, a noted American importer assailed the complicated nature of Italian wine-labeling laws, which he said were irrelevant to American consumers and should be simplified. More