Top 100 red wines of Italy - Page 10
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Italy as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Italy and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Italy
Italy - home of Moscato, Chianti, Amarone and Prosecco">Prosecco - has a Rich and diverse wine heritage that dates back over two thousand years. Famous for its astonishing diversity of Grape varieties and wine styles, Italy is also important for the Volume of wine it produces: just over 4 billion liters (about 1. 06 billion U. S.
gallons) in 2012, from 800,000 hectares of vineyards. It is rivalled in this respect only by France and Spain. (© Wine-Searcher)
Managing and marketing such a vast portfolio of wines is not an easy task, especially in today's highly competitive wine market. The Italian government's wine classification and labeling system uses a four-level quality hierarchy of over 500 DOCG, DOC and IGT titles.
See Italian wine labels.
Italy is divided into 20 administrative regions (see left), all of which produce wine to some degree, and all of which contain various wine regions. The most important, in terms of quality and quantity, are Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto.
Each region has its flagship wine styles.
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 Italy
red wines from the region of Italy go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of roast beef with garlic, leek and salmon lasagna or tanjia (lamb shoulder confit).
News from the vineyard of Italy
Sebastian Payne MW retires from The Wine Society
Having joined The Wine Society’s team in 1973 as promotions manager, Payne became the head buyer in 1985. He stepped down from this position in 2012, when Tim Sykes took over, but has remained on the buying team ever since. As part of his responsibilities, Payne has bought in every region throughout the years but, in recent years, focused mainly on Italy and Bordeaux. He was also instrumental in introducing wines from Eastern Europe and Greece to the portfolio. The Wine Society described Payne’s ...
Drinks industry ramps up efforts to raise money in aid of Ukraine crisis
In addition to the fine wine auctions reported on previously by Decanter, further initiatives have been set up to raise money for those in crisis. UK-based wine importer Les Caves de Pyrene has been helping to relocate families fleeing from war-torn Ukraine and settle them in safe havens across Europe, in accommodation provided by the importer’s European winemakers. To help cover the logistical costs of relocating families, the importer has announced it will hold a fundraising auction and charit ...
Crurated wine members’ club raises $7.2m from investors
Crurated, which describes itself as a membership-based wine community, announced that it has raised $7.2m (£5.9m) from private investors. The group, founded in May 2021, said it will use the funds to ‘further evolve the technology platform, expand producer partnerships beyond France and Italy, and increase overall market share across the globe’. Alfonso de Gaetano, Crurated’s founder, said that around 50% of the fresh funding came from existing investors, alongside commitments from new backers. ...
Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Italy
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- Top 100 red wines of Basilicate
- Top 100 red wines of Calabre
- Top 100 red wines of Campanie
- Top 100 red wines of Delle Venezie
- Top 100 red wines of Émilie-Romagne
- Top 100 red wines of Frioul-Vénétie Julienne
- Top 100 red wines of Latium
- Top 100 red wines of Ligurie
- Top 100 red wines of Lombardie
- Top 100 red wines of Marches
- Top 100 red wines of Molise
- Top 100 red wines of Ombrie
- Top 100 red wines of Piémont
- Top 100 red wines of Pouilles
- Top 100 red wines of Sardaigne
- Top 100 red wines of Sicile
- Top 100 red wines of Toscane
- Top 100 red wines of Trentin-Haut-Adige
- Top 100 red wines of Vallée d'Aoste
- Top 100 red wines of Vénétie
- Top 100 red wines of Vino da Tavola