An Italy to drink!

Italy is a magnificent country, made such by its landscapes, by its people and by its products, children of the first two, that is, the generosity of the Italic soil and the genius of the people who live there. Among the many results that the meeting between the Italian land and the Italians themselves have generated are the thousands of wine labels of our country that, thanks to years of experience and patience have been able to give the Italians and the rest of the world sips of pure happiness and glasses of heavenly satisfaction.

beautiful Italian vineyards. In 2016 the area planted with vines was 642,367 hectares!

Everyone knows that in the world there are completely different wines, such as the Californian Duckhorn Merlot Napa Valley, the French Château Coutet Barsac, the Spanish Pazo de Señorans Albariño Rias or the South African Sadie Family 'T Voetpad Swartland; these wines as many others have their own peculiarities that derive from the climatic band, from the characteristics of the territory, from hydrographic and human factors and much more. It is therefore spontaneous to think that if we traveled to more countries of our beautiful globe we could only come across an incredible variety of vines and vines, and all this is obviously correct! The International Organization of Vineyard and Wine (OIV) has recently updated the collection of lists of grape varieties and their synonyms for a total of 6,154 different varieties from 34 Member States and non-members of the Organization. A huge amount!

But Italy? Everyone knows that in Italy we produce excellent wine and that we Italians are at the forefront for the number of vines (third in absolute and first for the number of native vines!), By product volume and by product turnover. But how much do non-Italians really know about our wines? The truth is that often they know about pizza and many other famous Italian products exported in the world: very little! American and non-American friends, it's time to tell you that in addition to the famous Chianti, Barbaresco, Barolo and Brunello di Molntalcino, Italy has much, much more to offer in terms of wines. Our country, big "just" 301.340 km², boasts in fact an extraordinary variety of climatic zones and territories available for wine-growing and this has allowed Italian winemakers to specialize in the production of hundreds of different and unique wines. We have all kinds of red, white or rosé, sparkling or dry. Let's talk a moment about red wine, which I admit is my favorite. Among the best vines for Italian reds stands out one ... with a French accent, Merlot. Originally from the Bordeaux area, it has been rooted in some regions since the late 19th century like Friuli, Veneto, Trentino and Emilia-Romagna. In the ranking of Italian wines, many place it even in first place. In the very first positions there is also the Barolo wine, a must in the courts and in the good salons of the whole of the Old Continent but relatively young.

Barrels of Tuscan red wine, maturing and aging are fundamental part of the wine production process and factors such as the temperature and the material of the barrels are fundamental phases for the success of the final product.

Produced for the first time in 1800 in Piedmont, it is certainly one of the famous Italian red wines and loved for its intense and persistent flavor. It is the Cabernet of the whole north-eastern Italy, also originating - like Merlot - from France. Established in the post-war period in all three Venezie (Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige), Cabernet-Sauvignon is a wine of great value and exceptional longevity.

And how to neglect the Chianti? Harmonious and velvety red, it is one of the most loved Italian DOCG wines abroad, pride and pride of Tuscany and in particular of the region from which it takes its name. A curiosity: for its relaxing effects it is used effectively in wine therapy.

Bottles of very good but not so famous italian wine.

I hope to have stimulated your interest on the subject, if you so you will be happy to know that in the coming weeks we will enrich our E-shop with many wines from many Italian regions and accompany them with blogs dedicated to each grape variety and production method with curiosity unreleased tied to every product discovered for you by our boys. See you soon, good drink!

Leo