Italian Wines and Wineries

Italy is the birthplace of most wines. The Roman Empire brought grapes and grapevines to Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, and many other regions. Italy still produces and consumes a huge amount of wine, although not much gets out to the rest of the world. Most non-Italians only know of Chianti, the delicious red wine traditionally found in basket-bottles. Perhaps a few people know of Soave, the poetic white, or perhaps even Asti Spumanti, the sparkling dessert wine. Learn about them all! Click on a green region to learn more about the wines created in that area.

SECTION	REGION	GRAPES
Amarone	Venice	corvina veronese, rondinella, molinara
Asti Spumanti	Turin	muscat
Barolo	Piedmont	nebbiolo
Castel del Monte	Apulia	Uva di Troia, pinot noir, sangiovese, montepulciano, aglianico
Chianti	Tuscany	sangiovese, canaiolo, trebbiano, malvasia
Est! Est!! Est!!!	Tuscany	trebbiano and malvasia
Gavi	Piedmont	cortese
Marsala	Sicily	grillo, catarratto, inzolia, damaschino, pignatello, calabrese, nerello mascalese, nero d’avola
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo	Abruzzi	montepulciano
Soave	Venice	garganega, trebbiano di soave
Valpolicella	Venice	corvina, molinara, rondinella

Amarone Winery Website Links
Barolo Winery Website Links
Chianti Winery Website Links
Gavi Winery Website Links
Marsala Winery Website Links
Other Italian Winery Website Links

Italian Wine Pronunciation Guide

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