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Italy Talking about Italy and its wines, it means, first of all, to start a long journey rich of history, culture, grapes, lots of grapes, ...

Italy Tuscany Considered one of the oldest wine regions in the world, Tuscany's winemaking tradition was formed over 3,000 years ago when the Etruscans cultivated vines and made wine.

Italy produces more wine than any other single country. Its best wines come from the northern regions of Piedmont, Tuscany and Tre Venezi, but wine grapes are grown and vinified all over the country.

Italy Overview Greek settlers first planted vineyards in Italy sometime around 800BC. Since then, wine has been entrenched in the Italian culture, ‘as common as water on the dinner table’.

Italy's Preeminent Wine Barolo is often called Italy's King of Wines and the Wine for Kings. To be forthright, I didn't learn this until later in my wine appreciation years.

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.

ITALY - Perhaps the top Italian sparkling wine is Franciacorta, from Lombardy, a serious bubbly made by the traditional Champagne-style fermented-in-the-bottle process.

Italy Known for its huge output of everyday red vini da tavola ("table wines"), Italy labels its best traditional wines as denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) or denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG).

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Italy and wine go together like peanut butter and jelly. In every region for every meal, there is something new and exciting to taste. Here are just a few ideas on how to make the most of your trip around the world of vino... more » ...

From Italy's Veneto region, a dry muscat with notes of washed stone, apples and even a whiff or two of salami. Tart finish. Serve with melon and prosciutto, charcuterie, roast chicken. (2 corkscrews) $14 ...

One of Italy's best known white wines. Made from the Cortese grape around the town of Gavi, in the northwestern part of the country, the Piedmont. Gewurztraminer (geh-vairtz'-tra-mee'-ner) ...

In Italy new methods are leading to the production of a dry, fresh, varietal white wine with a low level of alcohol.

Northern Italy's thick-skinned NEBBIOLO grape of barolo and barbaresco fame is one of the most delightfully aromatic of red grape varieties and for that reason sometimes compared to PINOT NOIR, but the aromas and flavours are very different.

Marsala: Italy's most famous fortified wine produced in Sicily. It usually contains 17-20% alcohol and often rivals sherry. Maturity: The stage in the aging of wine that has developed all of its characteristic qualities to perfection.

Marsala: Italy's most famous fortified wine is produced on the Island of Sicily and usually contains about 17% to 20% alcohol. The better Marsalas such as Marsala Superiori and Marsala Vergini (or Solera are comparable to Sherry.

Popular in Italy, where its produces dark red wines that are filled with black fruit aromas and flavour, sometimes with a shadow of anise. Can be touch austere, sometimes light and fruity. Also known as, Charbono, Douce Noire, Ormeasco.

Trebbiano: Italy's most widely planted white grape. The reason for its popularity is the high yields it achieves throughout Italy. The grape also shows high resistance to diseases.

Sangiovese is Italy's most widely planted variety and the backbone of Chianti amongst others. A late ripening grape, it generally gives wine of good structure.

[edit] Chianti Italy's most famous wine; derived from the sangiovese grape. [edit] Claret British name for Bordeaux wine. Is also a semi-generic term for a red wine in similar style to that of Bordeaux.

Vin Santo is mid-Italy's fortified wine. Most of it is made in Tuscany, but some comes from the surrounding regions. It's full bodied, but still light, and is a classic combination with biscotti or fruit.

Pinot grigio from Italy or Pinot gris from Oregon Few wines are as refreshing, affordable and versatile as pinot grigio.

Italy produces a wide range of sparkling wines from many grape varieties, none more famous than Asti Spumante from the north west, made from the Moscato Bianco grape.

SANGIOVESE: The most important red grape from the Tuscan region of Italy where it goes into the production of Chianti and "Super Tuscan" reds.

Italy's official category for wines whose name, region of origin, variety and other defining factors are regulated by law. In Portugal, DOC is also an abbreviation for the highest official wine category, Denominacao de Origem Controlada.

Also grown in Italy and California. Cabernet Sauvignon Considered the most important red wine grape throughout the world, and the basis of the most famous wines of California, Bordeaux, and many other wine districts.

Italy has several hundred varieties of grapes, many of which are found nowhere else on earth. Vatting This term refers to keeping grape skins in contact with the must or fermenting wine. In general, the longer the vatting, the darker the red wine.

(JOHANNISBERG) RIESLING: (aka White Riesling in New York state (USA), Ontario and British Columbia (Canada), Riesling in Germany, Rheinriesling in Austria, Riesling Renano in Italy and Rhine Riesling in Australia).

Where grown in Italy it is sometimes referred to as the Uva Francese. Although recorded as present in the Bordeaux region since at least the 17th century, parental provenance has always been unsure.

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Before you pass this wine off as a "German" wine, let's get something straight: this wine is from ITALY. And in fact, it is more like a wine from Austria than Germany. So what the hell is Kerner, and how do you say Kofererhof?

Also confusingly known under the synonym names Alicante in the south of France and Guarnaccia in the Ischia DOC, Campania, Italy. It should not be confused with the shortened name for the late nineteenth century cross Alicante Bouschet.

In Italy and California it's known as Grigio, and in Oregon and France it's known as Gris. Other regions use the terms interchangeably. This is a mutation of the Pinot Noir grape, which is red.

For those that don't speak Italian, wine labels from Italy can be daunting, until you know a few essential label clues.

BARBERA: Semi-classic grape commonly grown in the Piedmont region and most of northern Italy. Now thought by some to be identical with the Perricone, or Pignatello, grape of Sardinia. Was probably imported into the U.S.A. late in the 19th century.

By the first century AD, wine was being exported from the Empire (Italy) to Spain, Germany, England and Gaul (France).

Normally, in the classic ("Old World") wine growing areas such as France or Italy, a wine is classified by the region.

Like Nebbiolo and Sangiovese in Italy, it historically takes a second place to Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir in the world "noble grape" sweepstakes but probably shouldn't; ...

Called Riesling Italico in Italy, Welschriesling in Austria, Laski Rizling in Slovenia, and Olasz Rizling in Hungary. Possibly originated in Romania.

Together with other varieties such as Manzanilla (Spain), Moraiolo (Italy), Picholine (France), and Coratina (Southern Italy), ...

Grown in various forms throughout Central Italy. Known as Brunello around the city of Siena in Tuscany. Used as most important part of the blend for Chianti and Vino Nobile wines. Not much seen outside of Central Italy.

Lombardy region of northeast Italy. It is deep ruby to purple in color. Traditionally served slightly chilled, its aroma is intensely fresh and fragrant. Its flavor is very well balanced, slightly tangy, but mostly fruity.

Pinot gris /pinot grigio—Produces whites both sublime and ridiculous in Alsace and Italy. Very fleshy and masculine in the former, light and dry in the latter.

Examples of this include Chianti, a region in Italy that produces mostly Sangiovese-based wines. There are regional laws that govern the type of varietals that may be planted in the region, as well as blending, growing, and harvesting requirements.

Brunello Montalcino: The Brunello grape, grown in the town of Montalcino in southern Tuscany (Italy), produces full-bodied, rich, powerful, long-lived wines.

Barbaresco is made from the Nebbiolo grape in Piedmont, in the northern region of Italy. This medium- to full-bodied red wine can be sweet or dry and usually has low acidity.

Try wines that aren't just from Italy, France and the Napa Valley. Try wines from New Zealand. For American wines, try South Dakota or Idaho. Internationally, try wines from Argentina, Portugal and Australia.

According to a study by Doctor Saint-Leger, published in the famous English medical publication "The Lancet" in 1979, France and Italy, ...

Old World. Refers to the winemaking countries of Western Europe including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. Oxidized. having been spoiled by exposure to too much air. The resulting wine tastes old, flat, and tired.

Gewürztraminer Typically thought of as a German varietal, this grape actually originated in northern Italy. It is often made in sweet or off-dry styles and carries floral and spice notes.

Spritzy Slight prickle of carbon dioxide, common to some very young wines; frizzante in Italy. Steely Firmly structured; taut balance tending toward high acidity.

Old World wine The Old World wines refers historically to the traditional European wine growing areas with a long tradition of viticulture such as France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and so forth.

Cabernet Franc A red wine grape known for its use in the fine wines of Bordeaux, particularly wines of Pomerol, Saint-Emilion and Medoc. Also grown in Italy and California.

In recent years, Merlot has enjoyed a explosion in popularity, especially in the United States, South America, Italy and Australia. In California, plantings have risen from 4,000 acres in 1988 to over 50,000 today.

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