Amabile is an Italian term to describe a wine that is pleasing and often sweet, or "semi-sweet".
Soon after the arrival of the gold-seeking forty-niners along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, grape growing and wine making started in Amador County, in large part owing to the traditions brought by emigrants of Italian descent. During...
Amarone is a dry Italian red wine made from raisinized grapes that have been dried on racks. Some liken it to a lighter form of Port.