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, ...
A much better vintage than elsewhere in Italy
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Spring and summer conditions favoured flowering and fruit set and a long, warm, dry spell leading up to the harvest brought Sangiovese to good levels of ripeness across the region.
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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.
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As of 2000 there were 70,000 acres (28,300 hectares) of Barbera planted, making it the third most widely planted red grape variety in Italy.
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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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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.
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The Trebbiano family account for around a third of all white wine in Italy.
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 is another country famous for their fine wines. The country is divided into 20 regions, each regions with their own vineyards. Perhaps the most famous wine from Italy is Chianti.
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.
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In Italy new methods are leading to the production of a dry, fresh, varietal white wine with a low level of alcohol.
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.
Dolce (Italy)
Italian word meaning ‘Sweet’.
Domaine
A French word for a wine estate, commonly used in the Burgundy region.
Alto Adige, Italy is the home of some stellar Pinot Grigios and Gewurztraminer wine finds.
Pinot Blanc
An introduction to Pinot Blanc wines.
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.
Barolo:One of Italy's most important wines, Barolo is made from 100 percent Nebbiolo grapes in Piedmont.
[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.
A grand vine from Italy, whose wines are fine and tannic.
Nectar :
During ancient times, nectar was the drink of Greek gods ; today we speak about nectar for wines of exceptional quality.
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.
Pinot grigio from Italy or Pinot gris from Oregon
Few wines are as refreshing, affordable and versatile as pinot grigio.
Pinot Grigio from Italy. Don't sneer. Good Pinot Grigio is a delight. Too much Pinot Grigio tastes like lemon water, but when it's right, this wine has ripe fruit, lively acids, earth and minerals and it can be soulful.
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.
Sangiovese represents 10% of Italy's entire vineyard acreage, the most-planted grape in the country, with 247,000 acres. This grape matures and ripens slowly, and has a thin skin therefore it thrives in warm, dry climates.
(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.
It mixes with Sangiovese in Tuscany , Syrah in Australia and Provence , and Merlot and Cabernet Franc in South Africa , but flies solo in some of Italy 's super-Tuscans. In the United States.
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Laboure--Roi--Makers of French vintage Burgundy wine, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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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.
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.
The Primary grape of Tuscany in central Italy make wines with medium body and a backbone of bracing acid that lets these wines pair very well with tomato dishes.
By the first century AD, wine was being exported from the Empire (Italy) to Spain, Germany, England and Gaul (France).
Argentina was once the world's fourth largest wine-consuming nation (behind France, Italy, and Spain) Unremarkable reds were either downed by beef-eating Argentines or exported in tankers to Europe. But in the 1980s, Dr.
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.
A very popular grape variety known as Pinot Grigio in Italy and Pinot Gris elsewhere. Its popularity is due in part to its essentially neutral character, giving it wide appeal and making it easy to sip and match with food.
Marsala comes from Sicily, which is the island at the toe of Italy's boot. It's a wine fortified with brandy and comes in red and white varieties, tho the red is the most popular type.
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.
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.
Barolo: A big, dark, tannic and heavy red wine grown and produced near the town of Barolo in the Piedmont region of Italy. Often seen as one of Italy's best table wines, Barolo is made from the Nebbiolo grape.
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Piedmont: An area in northwest Italy known for Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Moscato.
Pigeage: Punching down the grape skins to drown aerobic bacteria and encourage cuvaison. (see also Cuvaison) ...
One of the most ancient of Italy's white-wine grape varieties and it said by some to be a member of the Muscat family, which is often blended with other grapes, including the traditional Chianti; also seen as a 100 percent varietal.
" This is Italy's designation for wine whose name, origin of grapes, grape varieties and other important factors are regulated by law. It is also the abbreviation for Portugal's highest wine category, which has the same meaning in that country.
Lambrusco. A red grapes grown all over Italy, used to make slightly sweet, effervescent wines. It Italy also used for still wines that should be drunk young.
Australia is making wines at a never-seen-before pace, and its annual wine production now compares to Italy and France. And some of it is actually good! ...
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.
From or in the style of the Abruzzo region of Italy; usually spicy.
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Spritzy-Slight prickle of carbon dioxide, common to some very young wines; frizzante in Italy.
Steely-Firmly structured; taut balance tending toward high acidity.
Stiff-Unyielding, closed; dumb.
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.
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