With over 20 wine regions spread across Italy’s rich landscape, there’s a whole world to discover within each region. There’s no possible way to reveal each region’s entire story. Instead, here’s take a snapshot of five key regions and their iconic grape varieties.
Wine harvest has come early in Italy as extreme heat continues to ripen the grapes faster than planned. Following a very cold spring, winemakers across Europe were worried the summer harvest wouldn’t survive, and expected wine grape production to be down by 15-20 per cent in Italy.
We recently sat down with Alessandro Cellai of Castellare for a dinner at acclaimed restaurant Il Latini.
While in Verona for Vinitaly 2014, we took the opportunity to visit the local wine producers with esteemed winemaker, Piergiorgio Castellani, of the prestigious Castellani family.