JOSEPH BASTIANICH is co-owner (with Mario Batali) of Babbo, Esca, Lupa, and Italian Wine Merchants, as well as (with Lidia Bastianich) Becco and Felidia, and has published extensively on the subject of Italian wine. He lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. DAVID LYNCH is the wine director at Babbo and has been a senior editor at Wine & Spirits. He lives in New York City. From the Hardcover edition.