Top 100 sweet wines of Italy - Page 7
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Italy as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet 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: Chardonnay
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Italy
sweet wines from the region of Italy go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, bacalhau com natas or parsley knives.
News from the vineyard of Italy
Former mafia boss Michael Franzese targets international expansion for his wine brand
Franzese was known as the ‘yuppie don’ in the 1980s after rising to the rank of caporegime in the Colombo crime family. Fortune Magazine placed him at No. 18 on its 50 Biggest Mafia Bosses list, and he gained a reputation as one of the mob’s biggest earners since Al Capone. He was portrayed by Joseph Bono in Goodfellas. Franzese became a born-again Christian during a lengthy prison sentence for racketeering, and he managed to walk away from the mafia without going into protective custody. He is ...
Masseto wines fetch high prices in rare auction
It’s the first time that Masseto has released wines for auction directly from its ‘Caveau’, lying deep beneath the SuperTuscan winery’s vines, and strong bidding emphasised the allure of this Merlot label that is sometimes described as Italy’s answer to Petrus. Each of the 46 lots surpassed pre-sale high estimates, according to Sotheby’s, which hosted the online auction from 12 to 27 April. Top lot was a 15-litre ‘nebuchadnezzar’ of Masseto 2010, one of 20 produced and which also came with a win ...
Luxury lots see Naples Winter Wine Festival 2022 break record
Wealthy bidders gathered under a big tent just outside Ritz-Carlton golf resort in Florida to compete for ‘one-of-a-kind’ lots in the live auction at Naples Winter Wine Festival 2022. Organisers said a record amount of more than $23m was raised at the latest edition of the annual charity event, which was founded by the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF). Rather than focus solely on wines, the live auction is known for offering exclusive experiences in partnership with some of the ...
Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Italy
- Top 100 sweet wines of Abruzzes
- Top 100 sweet wines of Basilicate
- Top 100 sweet wines of Calabre
- Top 100 sweet wines of Campanie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Delle Venezie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Émilie-Romagne
- Top 100 sweet wines of Frioul-Vénétie Julienne
- Top 100 sweet wines of Latium
- Top 100 sweet wines of Ligurie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Lombardie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Marches
- Top 100 sweet wines of Molise
- Top 100 sweet wines of Ombrie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Piémont
- Top 100 sweet wines of Pouilles
- Top 100 sweet wines of Sardaigne
- Top 100 sweet wines of Sicile
- Top 100 sweet wines of Toscane
- Top 100 sweet wines of Trentin-Haut-Adige
- Top 100 sweet wines of Vallée d'Aoste
- Top 100 sweet wines of Vénétie
- Top 100 sweet wines of Vino da Tavola
The best wines of Italy in other styles
- The best wines natural sweet of Italy in other styles
- The best wines other of Italy in other styles
- The best wines pink of Italy in other styles
- The best wines red of Italy in other styles
- The best wines sparkling of Italy in other styles
- The best wines unknow of Italy in other styles
- The best wines white of Italy in other styles