Why Italian Wines Are Different

Matt Kramer
Issue: April 30, 2008

You've probably been in this situation yourself. You're the one choosing the wines for a dinner with friends. You look at the menu and perform the usual mental matchups about what goes with what. But then, much more subtly—even furtively—you also do a mental matchup about which wines go with, ahem, the guests.

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