Continuing on our tour of Lombard wines, today's topic is Lambrusco Mantovano. The area is on the right bank of Po River, in the lower Eastern Po valley. In 1987, Lambrusco Mantovano was awarded DOC status although the Lambrusco grape was cultivated in this area many decades before. The Consortium was founded in 2012. As... Continue Reading →
Lambrusco – Perfect for the Holidays -#ItalianFWT
The theme this month’s Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of food and wine writers is Italian Sparkling Wines. I love sparkling wine and could drink it at every meal and throughout the meal. Today I am writing out one of my favorite sparkling wines although it is really frizzante usually rather than sparkling, Lambrusco as... Continue Reading →
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Lambrusco Viadanese
This week's grape variety is not the Lambrusco that most people think of when they consider that grape. It is called Lambrusco Viadanese and is often called Grappello Ruperti or Viadanese. Viadana is the name of the comune in the province of Mantova where this grape is widely grown. It is very close to the... Continue Reading →