Sometimes, though, a too-rigid flag design (especially when it comes to salads), can rob a dish of its esprit. Instead, an abstract tangle of hues that evokes the idea of the flag rather than a ...

Although you might not realize it, almost everything about this wine is on the label: It’s from the up-and-coming Abruzzo region of central Italy; the grape is montepulciano, the area’s ...

But there’s another Montepulciano worth knowing. Over dinner, I recently opened a bottle of Il Feuduccio ’s Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Ursonia 1999. As the name suggests, it’s made from the Montepulciano ...