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Robert Draper

Robert Draper is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. He is currently at work on a book about race and murder in Washington, D.C.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia’s vineyards benefit from the breezy, sunny microclimate created by their equidistance from the Austrian Alps to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the south.

The Best Italian Wine Region You’ve Never Heard Of

The world does not yet come to the Friuli region, and so much the better