Top 100 white wines of Italy - Page 5
Discover the top 100 best white wines of Italy as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white 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: Verdeca
An ancient indigenous grape variety known mainly in southern, eastern and central Italy. It can be found in Austria, Switzerland, Greece, the United States, Brazil, etc. and is virtually unknown in France. Note that it is sometimes confused with Verdea.
Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Italy
white wines from the region of Italy go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of spinach, smoked salmon and ricotta lasagne, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or codfish accras.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Italy
On the nose in the region of Italy often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, guava or perfume and sometimes also flavors of kiwi, passion fruit or jasmine. In the mouth in the region of Italy is a powerful with a nice freshness.
News from the vineyard of Italy
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EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines
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Decanter magazine latest issue: Christmas 2022
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Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Italy
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- Top 100 white wines of Molise
- Top 100 white wines of Ombrie
- Top 100 white wines of Piémont
- Top 100 white wines of Pouilles
- Top 100 white wines of Sardaigne
- Top 100 white wines of Sicile
- Top 100 white wines of Toscane
- Top 100 white wines of Trentin-Haut-Adige
- Top 100 white wines of Vallée d'Aoste
- Top 100 white wines of Vénétie
- Top 100 white 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 sweet of Italy in other styles
- The best wines unknow of Italy in other styles