Italy – Page 13 – wineanorak.com

An ode to Carménère, Grande Vidure, Merlot Peumo…

Lisse Garnett reports on this Coelocanth of grape varieties. Once a major Bordeaux variety, Carménère was wiped out in the

Vintage variation is one of the facets of wine that makes it so complicated, but also so engrossing. Most wines

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Capers are the immature flowers of Capparis spinosa, the caper bush, which have been preserved in salt. This grows all

I met Jarkko Peränen a few years ago at a wine symposium in Tampere, Finland. He’s Finnish, but now lives

Sangiovese is a singular grape variety. It’s genetic heritage is half southern and half central Italian, and Italy has most

Young winemaker Manuel Pulcini grew up in his family’s vineyards and winery on the outskirts of Rome, which imprinted into

Tedeschi are one of the historical family-owned producers in the Valpolicella. Over a Zoom call, I caught up with Sabrina

Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. This is from Gaja’s Tuscan estate in the Maremma, which they bought in

These are not your typical Italian wines. Unless, that is, you usually take of natural wine made by nuns. In

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.