Insight: Kushman in Italy Thursday, May 22, 2014 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Capital Public Radio’s resident wine expert Rick Kushman is in Italy this week touring the country’s best sparkling wine region: Franciacorta. He joins us from the North Italian region to explain how the looming Alps create ideal conditions for the type of bubbly wines that rival France’s Champagne.