MONTEPULCIANO, Italy — A lot of things changed when my husband stopped drinking, including our choice of vacation destination. Weekends in Napa became a thing of the past. Bordeaux was no longer ...

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 ...

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 ...