Top 100 red wines of Friuli

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Friuli of Friuli as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Friuli and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Friuli

The wine region of Friuli is located in the region of Frioul-Vénétie Julienne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Reguta or the Domaine Reguta produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Friuli are Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Friuli often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, floral or lychee.

In the mouth of Friuli is a powerful. We currently count 139 estates and châteaux in the of Friuli, producing 290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Friuli go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.

Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola

Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Friuli

red wines from the region of Friuli go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, pasta with tuna and laughing cow or marinated shoulder of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Friuli

On the nose in the region of Friuli often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth in the region of Friuli is a powerful.

News from the vineyard of Friuli

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Prosecco secures trademark protection in New Zealand

The agreement formed part of a bilateral trade agreement between the European Union and the Kiwi government. It affords sparkling winemakers in Veneto trademark protection, ensuring that fizz produced in other countries cannot be labelled ‘Prosecco’ in New Zealand. This represents another symbolic victory for Prosecco producers in Italy. In December 2021, the Consorzio di Tutela Prosecco DOC celebrated a similar agreement in China. The Consorzio launched the application for GI protection in Chin ...

Drought emergency declared in northern Italy

Severe drought in northern Italy has led to the country’s government declaring a state of emergency in several regions, including Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto. Funds of €36.5m (£31m) would be made available to these regions for drought relief, the government said. Agriculture body Coldiretti said last week that the Po river, which flows across northern Italy to the Adriatic Sea, was almost unrecognisable. Drought in the Po Valley threatened around 30% of n ...