Fabiano Ramaci dries his grapes for 90 days, until they're shriveled like raisins, to make this Italian-style wine.

Amarone della Valpolicella is a unique style of wine created using the appassimento process whereby grapes are partially dried to ultimately produce a dry red wine. It is unique because this drying ...

One of the world’s great wine styles, Amarone della Valpolicella owes its unique character to the process of ‘appassimento’ – but this drying of the grapes is now evolving in tune with today’s ...

The Foreign Affair Winery was founded nearly two decades ago by husband-and-wife team Len and Marisa Crispino. They had been living as expats in Italy, and fell in love with Amarone wines from the ...

Made from Sicily's popular red grape, Nero d'Avola, the appassimento process enhances the flavours and textures of the wine to create a supercharged style. Fragrant dried cherry and violet aromas lead ...

You will see the word appassimento writ large on an increasing number of wine labels. It refers to wines made from grapes that have been dried for an extended period before being pressed and the juice ...