Top 100 wines of Salento - Page 5

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

Discovering the wine region of Salento

The wine region of Salento is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. We currently count 851 estates and châteaux in the of Salento, producing 2704 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover the grape variety: Malvasia

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Salento

wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), pasta with arrabiata or eggplant, lamb and goat lasagna.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Salento

On the nose in the region of Salento often reveals types of flavors of cherry, baking spice or nutty and sometimes also flavors of almonds, lemon or peach. In the mouth in the region of Salento is a powerful.

News from the vineyard of Salento

Uncorking innovation: DWWA 2023 alternative packaging results

The emergence of alternative packaging, in wine and far beyond, is a response to the contemporary need for convenience, sustainability, and innovation. As the world evolves, so do our lifestyles, preferences and mindsets – and as global wine quality improves, is it time to consider this quality when poured from non-traditional formats? In its 20th year, DWWA said yes. Bag-in-box, cans, cartons, wine pouches and other formats have boldly stepped into the wine scene, challenging the status quo and ...

Long Read: Extreme weather in Italy’s vineyards

Different parts of Italy – as well as other areas of Europe – have faced severe storms, heatwaves, wildfires and floods so far in 2023, leading to devastation of infrastructure and loss of life in some cases. In vineyards, extreme weather phenomena have added to winemakers’ concerns around the impact of climate change. Italy’s wine harvest may shrink in 2023, said agriculture group Coldiretti, citing recent storms and intense heat linked to climate change. Extreme weather in Italy: A ...

Bordeaux agrees funding to pull up vineyards

Bordeaux’s wine bureau, the CIVB, confirmed a financing deal has been agreed with the government to help winemakers pull up thousands of hectares of vineyards, as announced at the Salon d’Agriculture show in Paris. ‘These tools put us in a position to pull out 9,500 hectares of vines in [the department of] Gironde,’ the CIVB said. Bordeaux‘s wine region had around 108,000 hectares of vines in 2022, according to figures from the wine bureau. The CIVB had previously argued that uprooti ...