Italian Wine Guide
Making an Italian wine guide that covers the whole of the country in just one web page is almost an impossible task.
Italian Wine Regulations
Like all Western European wine producing countries, the Italian government has instituted a set of regulations designed to protect quality.
Italian Regions
Italian wine regions
Italy's 20 wine regions correspond to the 20 political regions.
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Italy is one of the oldest wine regions in the world. Etruscans and Greek settlers produced wine in the country long before the Romans started developing their own vineyards in the second century BC.
List of Italian DOC wines, in alphabetical order by region: the wine-making regions of Italy are equivalent to its twenty administrative regions, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (or just Trentino-Alto Adige), however, ...
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January days call for hearty, stick-to-your-ribs dishes, and this simple Italian preparation of roast chuck beef and onions fills the bill in a delightful way, with added credit for being just about as easy as a recipe gets.
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Ossidato
Oxidized, will be dark and perhaps taste of cherries
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ITALIAN RIESLING
Called Riesling Italico in Italy, Welschriesling in Austria, Laski Rizling in Slovenia, and Olasz Rizling in Hungary. Possibly originated in Romania.
ITALIAN RIESLING (aka Riesling Italico in Italy):
Also known as the Welschriesling in Austria, Laski Rizling in Slovenia, (i.e: former Yugoslavia), and Olasz Rizling in Hungary.
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Welsch in most of the countries where this is grown means foreign - clearly stating that this is not real Riesling. Soft white wines are often pleasantly nutty, but never more than that.
The Italian Quality System
The first attempts to make laws to legally promote the production of quality wines in Italy and to safeguard the viticultural areas were conducted at the beginning of the 1900.
Italian immigrants from Tuscany probably introduced the Sangiovese grape to California in the late 1800s, possibly at the Segheshio Family's "Chianti Station," near Geyserville.
Italian wine-making process in which harvested grapes are placed in a dry room (traditionally on straw mats) to dry into raisins before being pressed.
Italian red wine which comes from Piémont. The grape variety used is the "Nebbiolo.
Barbera :
Red wine from Piémont, in Italy, and which comes from the grape variety of the same name.
Italian for "cellar."
Cap
The solid parts of the grape - skins, seeds, and stems, which rise to the top of the must (partially fermented juice and solids) during red wine making.
Italian rice used in a lot of risotto dishes, the grain is a bit more stout and plumper .
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Italian Chianti produced from the Sangiovese grape can be some of the world's best wine and some of the world's most dreadful plonk; stay away from the straw basket-bottles (known as fiascos-the name says it all).
Italian term meaning ‘foaming' and referring to sparkling wines.
STALE
Wine with lifeless, stagnant qualities. Usually found in wines that were kept in large vessel storage for an excessive length of time.
An Italian white wine called Est! Est! Est! got its name from a medieval story.
The Italian system of laws regulating about 250 different wine zones. Italy's D.O.C. regulations are roughly equivalent to France's Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée (see entry).
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Dolce:Italian term for "sweet."
Dosage:In bottle-fermented sparkling wines, a small amount of wine (usually sweet) that is added back to the bottle once the yeast sediment that collects in the neck of the bottle is removed.
Classico. Italian term indicating that wine comes from the heart of a specific region. While Chianti Classico is a demarcated DOCG district, the Classico for Verdicchio, for example, refers to the central part of the appellation.
Vino: Italian for wine (as if you had to ask!)
Vintage: The year that the grapes were picked or harvested for the making of wine. Dates are always (or should be) shown on the label.
Soave
Italian village producing popular light dry white wine
Soft
mellow, well-rounded, mature tannins and little evidence of acidity ...
Vino - Italian and Spanish, Originally derived from Latin, for wine.
Riserva
Italian word for ‘reserve’ indicating that a wine has aged longer than a non reserve version of the same type of wine.
Rose
A wine that is pale pink to light red in colour ...
Recioto
Italian wine made for grapes that have been dried on mats after harvest. This raisins the grapes, making them very sweet. Amarone is made from Recioto grapes, but fermented out fully to be dry and concentrated.
Dolce: (Italian), doux (French) dulce (Spanish) Sweet.
Dosage: (French) The addition to sparkling wines of a solution of sugar syrup mixed with wine to sweeten them. The amount of dosage determines the wines final sweetness.
These new Cal-Italia wines tend to be fruitier and brighter in acidity than the other wine types made in California today. They are, quite simply, the best and most versatile companions to the widest range of food styles.
Chianti is an Italian wine made from Sangiovese grapes. It pairs well with many foods and again, you get to appear continental. You can even make references to that summer you spent in the Tuscan countryside, picking grapes and making olive oil.
Piedmont. Italian region best known for lusty reds including Barolo and Barbaresco.
Pinotage. Spicy, unusual red wine of South Africa.
Spumante: Italian term for sparkling wine.
Stained: Said of a white wine that has a slight pink hue due to being in containers that had previously been used for red wines.
Stalk: Woody or green part of the vine that supports the grapes.
Moscato is Italian for Muscat and almost invariably refers to the best Muscat variety, the Muscat à Petits Grains.
"Spumante": Italian terminology for sparkling wine
"Stelvin Closure": The most widely used brand of screw cap.
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Primativo: An Italian grape variety originally thought to be identical to, or at least the closest European relative of, Zinfandel for many years. Now, Primativo is known (through DNA detective work) to be a natural daughter vine of Zinfandel.
Generally a fault, although in some Italian reds bitterness is considered normal and desirable.
Body. The solidity of a wine, contributed by its basic elements: acidity, tannin and alcohol.
Bouquet.
Defined as "the king of wines and the wine of kings'' because of its regal characteristics, this splendid Piedmontese red is one of the standard-bearers of Italian enology.
One of the world's great wine nations, Italy produces more wine than any other country, and the thirsty Italians also drink more wine than anyone except the French.
The Italian region of Friuli produces the best Pinot Grigio in a crisp, refreshing style. Other Italian regions produce it too but it can be over-cropped and taste insipid.
According to an Italian report of 1996 the latter variety may have a relationship to members of the Vranac variety cépage grown in Montenegro, the state that, combined with Serbia, constitutes what remains of the former Yugoslavia.
On the palate the wine had similar dried fruit and what the Italians call "brush" ; it's kind of like an earthy element, mixed with raspberries and blackberries that are starting to dry out, and what you might expect a bush branch to taste like.
Sangiovese is best known for providing the backbone for many superb Italian red wines from Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino, as well as the so-called super-Tuscan blends.
Bitter - Usually considered a fault in but characteristic of such wines as Amarone and certain other Italian reds.
Blackcurrant - The predominant aroma in Cabernet grapes.
The Italian government goes one step further with its most prestigious designation DOCG. The "G" stands for "Garantita," or guaranteed.
Not common in wines but found occasionally (particularly in the aftertaste, and usually in subtle, refreshing form) in some Italian wines and Alsatian whites. It describes one of the four basic tastes (along with sour, salty and sweet).
Generally, Italian vermouths tend to be stronger, e.g. bitter and spicy, and their sweet vermouths have strong caramel overtones. French vermouths are subtler, and rely as much on aroma as taste for their flavor impact.
The price too expensive compare to Italian, Spain and now new wine countries. Languedoc Roussillon wine makers had to change or their wine region would die. They began to use new techniques such as aging the wine in oak barrel.
Denominación de Origen: Spanish for "appellation of origin"; like the French AOC or Italian DOC.
Denominazione di Origine Controllata: Italian for a controlled wine region; similar to the French AOC or Spanish DO.
Responsible for Noble Late Harvest, Pourriture Noble in French, Edelfaule in German, Muffa in Italian. Responsible for Sauternes in France, Selection de Grains Nobles in Alsace, German Trockenbeerenauslese and Italian Muffato.
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American hybrids were developed mostly during the 19th century, mixing the native American grapes with the more flavorful French and Italian grape varieties. Most native American grapes are found by winemakers to not make palatable wines.
The Italian version is typically dry and light, with a mineral taste to it. California's output can be richer in flavor, but still have the mineral taste. Often, they finish with a lemony or citrus flavor.
Bitter
Acrid. Generally a fault, although in some Italian reds bitterness is considered normal and desirable, particularly in the aftertaste, and usually in a subtle, refreshing form.
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