3 | Wine | Veneto, $20 to $50, 750 ml

"Pinot Grigio from Pinot Grigio grapes, part-fermented as a white wine. It has an intense straw-yellow colour with a light nuance of antique rose. Its aroma is intense, full and fruity, with excellent persistence. Its taste is dry, velvety, and particularly well-orchestrated for its full body. It is paired with fish soups, chargrilled seafood and various dishes based on field mushrooms and porcini mushrooms. This wine is wonderful with squid ink lasagnette pasta and crayfish sauce."

"Base notes of fresh earth and spice give this a traditional edge, and mix with flavors of rhubarb, strawberry, gumdrop and leather. There's good density and balance, and the moderate finish echoes fruit and spice."

"Deep ruby. Red fruits, chocolate and vanilla on the nose. Rich and suave in the mouth, with ripe red fruit and chocolate flavors that are ample but lack a little complexity. Finishes smooth and moderately long. The word brolo is equivalent to the French clos (a walled vineyard); this wine is made from a special selection of the best grapes available, all native and mainly corvina."

"An elegant red, showing hints of black raspberry, plum and strawberry fruit bolstered by a spicy undertow of ground pepper, dried mint and thyme, anise and vanilla bean, with a mineral-tinged finish."

"Rounded, intense and persistent bouquet, notes of vanilla, ripe fruit and spices. Smooth, sophisticated wine that gives off power and personality combined with excellent persistence."