Italianity, by Andrea Lonardi, MW and Jessica Dupuy
Rows of vines on an Italian hillside in late sun, with golden wild grass in the foreground.

A stunning hardcover about the people, places and traditions behind Italian wine. Written by American wine journalist Jessica Dupuy and Andrea Lonardi, one of only a handful of Italian Masters of Wine.

The hardcover Italianity: The Culture of Italian Wine standing upright on two copies lying flat, its cover showing vineyards under a bright sky.

You know the person. They come home with a bottle from every trip. They have opinions about Chianti. They already own the tasting guides. Italianity gives them something they do not have yet: the story behind the glass.

A long candlelit dinner table outdoors at dusk, with red wine, bread and olive oil, and guests softly blurred behind.

The wine lover

How Italians really think about their wine, beyond grapes and scores.

Weathered hands holding a bunch of dark grapes in a vineyard at golden hour.

The Italy traveler

The regions, families and traditions behind the bottles they bring home.

An old vaulted stone wine cellar lined with oak barrels, lit by a single warm bulb.

The host who loves to cook

Stories worth retelling over dinner, right at the table.

A hilltop Italian village above vineyards and cypress trees at sunset.

The one who has everything

A beautiful book they would never buy for themselves.

Hands tying twine and an olive sprig around a gift wrapped in brown paper, next to a glass of red wine and soft holiday lights.
  1. 01

    Beautiful to look at

    A hardcover they will keep out, not put away.

  2. 02

    Something to talk about

    Stories they will bring up at the next dinner, and the one after.

  3. 03

    Made by people who live it

    An American wine writer and an Italian Master of Wine, together.

Three copies of Italianity stacked flat, their dark green spines printed with the title and the names Lonardi and Dupuy.

This is not a technical wine book. It is a human story of risk and resilience, history and innovation, told by someone who has lived it from the inside.

  1. 01The culture, flavors and traditions that make Italian wine unlike any other
  2. 02Lessons from the mentors, farmers and visionaries who shaped it
  3. 03Why authenticity, not imitation, is Italy's greatest strength on the world stage
  4. 04A call for the next generation to carry Italian wine forward with pride

From the family farm to the world stage

Andrea Lonardi's mission is simple: to define what makes Italian wine truly Italian. Italianity follows him from muddy boots in Valpolicella to the Master of Wine stage, and the people and places that shaped both his career and the modern face of Italian wine.

Hands holding freshly picked dark grapes in a sunlit vineyard.

Valpolicella

Where it started, in muddy boots.

Sunburnt vineyard rows on red Sicilian earth, with the sea hazy in the distance.

Sicily

Walking the rows of sunburnt vines.

Vines on a Tuscan hillside with golden grass in the foreground.

Chianti Classico & Montalcino

Harvesting every corner of Tuscany's great hills.

A coastal vineyard under umbrella pines, with the sea at sunset.

Bolgheri

Pruning vines on the coast.

A rainy Manhattan sidewalk at night beside a glowing wine shop window.

Manhattan

Selling Italian wine on the streets of New York.

An old stone wine cellar lined with oak barrels.

The great estates

Leading some of Italy's most celebrated wineries.

Follow the whole journey.

Jessica Dupuy smiling, seated on an oak wine barrel in a green jacket and jeans.

The author

A respected American wine journalist. She writes about wine regions, food and culture for readers across the United States.

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$50, shipped within the US. Order it for someone who loves Italy, or keep one for yourself.

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