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Italian Wines

Italian Wines

The panorama of Italian wines offers a vast typology like no other country. Talking about it means embarking on a long journey of history, culture and traditions. From Trentino to Sicily, from Friuli to Sardinia, among the various enchanting landscapes it is difficult not to find the presence of vines, and each region offers a great variety of indigenous grapes, cultivated since ever. The different grape varieties, the territorial conformation, the climatic conditions and the different local traditions make our peninsula the ideal place for a varied production of the highest quality.

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Sauvignon 'Vette' Tenuta San Leonardo 2023
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Tenuta San Leonardo
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Trentino (Italy)
£19.50£16.60
£16.60
Lugana Ottella 2023
88/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ottella
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£16.80£13.40
£13.40
Chardonnay 'Teresa Manara Quindici Settembre' Cantele 2022
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cantele
2022 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£22.00£19.80
£19.80
Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Tommasi 2021
92/100
James Suckling
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Tommasi
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£18.00
£18.00
Derthona Vigneti Massa 2021
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Vigneti Massa
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Piemonte (Italy)
£25.00£22.50
£22.50
Chiaretto del Garda 'Roseri' Cà Maiol 2022
88/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Cà Maiol
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
£15.60
£15.60
Lambrusco Spumante Nature 'Marcello' Ariola
Ariola
75 cl / 11.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£17.00£13.60
£13.60
Vermentino di Sardegna 'Merì' Argiolas 2022
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
James Suckling
90/100
Veronelli
Argiolas
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sardegna (Italy)
£16.50
£16.50
Etna Rosso 'Lenza di Munti 720 slm' Nicosia 2019
3/3
Gambero Rosso
93/100
James Suckling
Cantine Nicosia
2019 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
£20.00£18.00
£18.00
Le Difese Tenuta San Guido 2022
88/100
Robert Parker
4/5
Bibenda
Tenuta San Guido
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
£29.00£26.10
£26.10
Frappato 'Bell'assai' Donnafugata 2022
91/100
James Suckling
91/100
Robert Parker
Donnafugata
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
£25.60£20.50
£20.50
Lambrusco 'Phermento' Ermete Medici
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Medici Ermete
75 cl / 12.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£16.90£14.37
£14.37
Lugana 'Prestige' Cà Maiol 2022
2/3
Gambero Rosso
88/100
Veronelli
Cà Maiol
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
£18.20£14.60
£14.60
TOP SELLER  last month
'Pfefferer' Colterenzio 2023
Colterenzio
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£14.50
£14.50
Franciacorta Brut Nature 1701
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
1701 Franciacorta
75 cl / 12% | Lombardia (Italy)
£30.50£24.40
£24.40
'Réserve del Conte' Manincor 2021
92/100
James Suckling
Manincor
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£20.70
£20.70
Rosso di Montalcino Baricci 2021
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
89/100
Robert Parker
Baricci
2021 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
£23.00
£23.00
Rosé Wine 'Calafuria' Tormaresca-Antinori 2023
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
Tormaresca - Antinori
2023 | 75 cl / 12% | Puglia (Italy)
£18.50£16.70
£16.70
'Pfefferer Pink' Colterenzio 2022
Colterenzio
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£15.50£14.00
£14.00
TOP SELLER  on Callmewine
Chardonnay 'Teresa Manara' Cantele 2023
Cantele
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£20.00£16.00
£16.00
Valpolicella Classico Allegrini 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
88/100
Veronelli
Allegrini
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Veneto (Italy)
£16.70£15.00
£15.00
'Nozze d'Oro' Tenuta Regaleali - Tasca d'Almerita 2021
91/100
James Suckling
91/100
Veronelli
Tasca d'Almerita
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
£26.80£24.10
£24.10
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva 'Salmariano' Marotti Campi 2020
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/4
Vitae AIS
Marotti Campi
2020 | 75 cl / 14% | Marche (Italy)
£17.00
£17.00
Sangiovese di Romagna Superiore 'I Mandorli' Nicolucci 2022
Fattoria Nicolucci
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£15.00£13.50
£13.50
Pinot Blanc 'Eichhorn' Manincor 2022
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
Veronelli
Manincor
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£29.00£26.10
£26.10
'Pfefferer Sun' Colterenzio 2022
Colterenzio
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£15.00£13.50
£13.50
Friulano Ferlat 2021
Ferlat
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£18.90£17.00
£17.00
Pinot Noir Ottin 2021
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ottin
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Valle d'Aosta (Italy)
£33.00£26.40
£26.40
Vermentino 'Costamolino' Argiolas 2022
Argiolas
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Sardegna (Italy)
£16.00£14.40
£14.40
Alta Langa Blanc de Noirs 'For England' Contratto 2018
4/4
Vitae AIS
94/100
Robert Parker
4/5
Bibenda
Contratto
2018 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£38.00
£38.00
Spumante Brut 'Origine' Valdo
Valdo
75 cl / 11.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£12.60
£12.60
Pinot Gris 'Unterebner' Tramin 2022
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
93/100
James Suckling
Tramin
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£29.00
£29.00
Chardonnay Livio Felluga 2022
90/100
Veronelli
Felluga Livio
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£25.00£22.50
£22.50
Pinot Grigio Livio Felluga 2022
4/5
Bibenda
89/100
Veronelli
Felluga Livio
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£25.80£20.60
£20.60
Pelaverga di Verduno 'Speziale' Fratelli Alessandria 2023
89/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
Fratelli Alessandria
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£20.00
£20.00
Nero d'Avola 'Sherazade' Donnafugata 2022
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
James Suckling
Donnafugata
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£16.00
£16.00
Frappato Arianna Occhipinti 2022
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Occhipinti Arianna
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£34.80£27.80
£27.80
Dogliani Superiore 'Vigna Tecc' Luigi Einaudi 2022
92/100
James Suckling
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Einaudi Luigi
2022 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£19.90£17.90
£17.90
Trento Spumante Brut Endrizzi 2021
Endrizzi
2021 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Trentino (Italy)
£24.00£20.40
£20.40
Bianco 448 slm Girlan 2023
Girlan
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£15.00
£15.00
Valtellina Superiore Sassella 'Le Tense' Nino Negri 2020
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
Nino Negri
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
£23.00
£23.00
Sapaio 2020
3/3
Gambero Rosso
95/100
Robert Parker
Sapaio
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
£78.00£54.60
£54.60
Sauvignon 'Tannenberg' Manincor 2021
92/100
Veronelli
Vino Slow
Slowine
Manincor
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£35.20£28.20
£28.20
Pinot Gris 'Fallwind' St Michael Eppan 2022
4/5
Bibenda
91/100
James Suckling
San Michele Appiano
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£19.00£17.10
£17.10
TOP SELLER  last month
Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut 'Prior' Bortolomiol 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
88/100
Robert Parker
Bortolomiol
2023 | 75 cl / 12% | Veneto (Italy)
£15.00£13.50
£13.50
Barbaresco Musso 2020
Musso
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£28.00£25.20
£25.20
Barbera d'Asti 'Le Orme' Michele Chiarlo 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
91/100
James Suckling
Chiarlo Michele
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Piemonte (Italy)
£17.00
£17.00
SP68 Rosso Arianna Occhipinti 2023
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Occhipinti Arianna
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£19.50
£19.50

Wines of Italy

Italy is one of the most important wine-growing centres in the world: here the cultivation of the vinifera vine and the production of wine have reached levels of excellence, thanks to favourable geo-climatic characteristics and a millenary tradition that has its roots in antiquity and continues to this day. This uniqueness is due to the great variety of vines scattered throughout the country: an impressive heritage that includes hundreds of indigenous types, among which stand out for their diffusion, red wines such as Sangiovese, Barbera, Nebbiolo, as well as international varieties that have found optimal conditions in the ''boot'', such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah and others.

Italian wine is regulated by national legislation through regulations that establish its name and classification. Alongside the so-called 'generics', there are the designations of: IGT, linked to the concept of geographical area; DOC, for the typical production of a territory that respects precise quality criteria; and DOCG, created to valorise expressions of particular value that have distinguished themselves within the DOC. The possible mentions of Classico, Superiore and Riserva are applied to indicate respectively: the ancient area of origin of the wine, better alcoholic and qualitative characteristics of the grapes used and longer ageing times than those established by the regulations.

The richness and vastness of the Italian wine scene is favoured by the heterogeneity of the geo-climatic conditions of the territory: not only can each region boast a unique heritage of traditions, characteristics and types but, even within the same region, it is possible to distinguish between different production areas. Famous terroirs are those of the Langhe, cradle of Barolo and Barbaresco; of Franciacorta, for Italian sparkling wine produced with the classic method; of the hilly territories of Friuli, where fragrant and intense Italian white wines are produced; Valpolicella, not only for Amarone; the hillside villages of Tuscany, home of Brunello di Montalcino and the famous Super Tuscans; Irpinia, with its mineral and expressive whites; the sunny expanses of Salento; the slopes of Mount Etna and many other areas. These are only a fraction of the names, production areas and grape varieties present in Italy today, which, together with many others, contribute to that inestimable artistic and cultural wealth known throughout the world.



History, Tradition and Culture

The Greeks were probably the first to introduce grapes to our country. The vine was introduced to the Peninsula as far back as 1000 B.C. during the colonisation campaigns of the Mediterranean where the Greeks also exported their products, including the vine. Calabria and Sicily were the first commercial bases, and then gradually spread to Campania and the centre. The Greeks immediately understood the commercial potential of alcoholic beverages and saw Italy as the perfect land in which to produce them.

The development of viticulture and winemaking was the work of the Romans, who made a fundamental change for the growth of Italy's wine trade. They expanded vine cultivation throughout the north, as far as Gaul and Britain. The wine expressions were obviously not the same as the ones we are used to drinking, but were often diluted with water or added with honey and spices.

With the barbarian invasions the Roman Empire fell and thus began a long period of sharp decline in production. In the late Middle Ages, wine-growing was kept alive thanks to the monks of the monasteries, who learned and improved wine-growing techniques. The products were aimed at large-scale trade, where the emphasis was on purely quantitative aspects. The first attempts at improvement were made in Tuscany and Piedmont, where the French model of vine cultivation and grape vinification began to be followed, with high quality productions.

The vine began a period of great rediscovery, until the phylloxera disaster in 1875, which destroyed many vineyards. To aggravate the situation of Italian wine there were also the world wars, during which many vineyards were damaged. Only since 1970 has there been a great recovery: the introduction of production regulations and the modernisation of techniques has led to an improvement in quality that started in Tuscany and Piedmont and then touched all the regions, to the point of consecrating our country, together with France, among the world's leading producers. Visit the Callmewine store to find the best bottles of Italian wine among the many offers at competitive prices.

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