Gaia Gaja doesn’t get to L.A. much, so when the daughter of one of Italy’s most prominent winemakers came to town, we met to catch up on what was happening in Barbaresco. Her father is Angelo Gaja, ...

On a cool, overcast morning in Alta Langa, Giovanni Gaja steps onto the terrace of his family’s new winery, 650 meters above sea level, and gestures toward the rolling landscape below. “Alta in ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Freedman covers wine, spirits, food, and travel. With so many top producers being purchased and incorporated into larger ...

When Gaia Gaja talks about the vineyards that produce her family’s highly regarded Italian wines, she tends toward anthropomorphic descriptions of how the grapevines “can learn from each other,” or ...