Leave it to Italy to come up with yet another novel grape variety to tempt our taste buds and expand our repertoire of fascinating Italian wines. I am speaking of Nascetta (nah-shetta), a unique and delicious white wine variety local to the...

Nascetta is Piemonte’s forgotten white gem, and Braida treats it royally. The 2023 La Regina glides between fruit and florals—pear, fennel, peach blossom and a lick of wildflower honey—wrapped in brisk acidity. Think Gavi but with way...