Italy has no shortage of picturesque medieval villages, from a unique Scottish-Italian medieval town to Gangi, which was ranked as one the most beautiful in all of Italy, but there is only one ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

Ancient grape seeds reveal the slow domestication process from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period. The domestication of ...

From the famous towers of San Gimignano and charming Pienza to Greve in the wine-making region of Chianti, there are plenty ...

Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

Fabian Alfie studies Italian and Medieval Italian literature at the University of Arizona, and he’s particularly interested ...