Category Archives: Italian indigenous Grape Varieties
Italian Wine Masters Tomorrow In NYC
Tomorrow is the Italian Wine Masters event featuring the Consorzi of Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Prosecco. I’m looking forward to the event. I will be helping to pour wines for my dear friend, Susanna … Continue reading
Italian Indigenous Varities: Nero d’avola or Calabrese
Ah, la Sicilia. I haven’t been back in about eight years, way too long. What I have been able to do however, is drink lots of Sicilian wine. That is because Calabrese better known as Nero d’avola, or this week’s … Continue reading
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Cagnulari Nero from Sardinia
This week’s indigenous variety is called Cagnulari Nero. Just like last week’s Caddiu Nero, it hails from Sardinia. Most likely this one came from Spain. According to a variety of sources, the grape may be linked to Monastrell, know to … Continue reading
Indigenous Italian Varieties: Caddiu Nero from Sardinia
I am skipping over one grape variety this week because I am a bit rushed but next week will report on that all important one: Cabernet Sauvignon. For today however, I want to talk about Caddiu Nero, a little known … Continue reading
Indigenous Grapes In Europe – Necessary Integration
On Thursdays I usually try to write a post on indigenous grape varieties. Last week, I wrote about Cabernet Franc as an indigenous variety in Italy which some may think is incorrect because it was first seen in France but … Continue reading
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Cabernet Franc
I know. Cabernet Franc, an indigenous Italian varietal? It sounds very odd but this opens a larger discussion, how long does a grape grow in a region, before we can call it an indigenous one? (Bob Dylan wrote a song … Continue reading
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Bussanello Bianco
Now there’s a grape I had never heard of, right? This one hails from the Veneto and was created in the 1930s by an enologist named Professor Giovanni Dalmasso from a cross between Riesling Italico and Furmint. I’m shocked to … Continue reading
Dolcetto di Dogliani: A Old Favorite
My first wine from Piedmont was a Dolcetto di Dogliani from the Podere Luigi Einaudi winery. I remember the wine because it was delicious but also because it came from the winery owned by the family that gave Italy it’s … Continue reading
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Brachetto Nero
It’s been a while since my last indigenous grape variety post but I’m back and writing about Brachetto Nero, a red grape that is used to make the well-known dessert wine, Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG The grape is native to Piedmont, … Continue reading
Italy in Oklahoma, Go Sooners!!!
I just came back from three days in Oklahoma where I was participating in “Italy Week 2011.” Italy week consisted of a number of wonderful events including a gala dinner where I did a Tuscan wine tasting paired with Italian … Continue reading
