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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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Valpolicella Classico Superiore Zenato 2021
90/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Zenato
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£15.20
£15.20
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 'Mazzamurello' Torre dei Beati 2020
5/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Torre dei Beati
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
£31.00
£31.00
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 'Mazzamurello' Torre dei Beati 2021
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
92/100
Veronelli
Torre dei Beati
2021 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
£31.00
£31.00
Etna Rosso Fedegraziani 2020
Fedegraziani
2020 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
£27.50
£27.50
Chianti Classico Castello di Monsanto 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
90/100
Veronelli
93/100
James Suckling
Castello di Monsanto
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
£20.00
£20.00
Palazzo Della Torre Allegrini 2020
92/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Allegrini
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£20.00
£20.00
Lambrusco 'Otello 200' Ceci
Cantine Ceci
75 cl / 11% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£13.00
£13.00
Chardonnay 'Bramito della Sala' Castello della Sala-Antinori 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Castello della Sala - Antinori
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Umbria (Italy)
£23.30
£23.30
Chardonnay 'Bramito della Sala' Castello della Sala-Antinori 2024
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Castello della Sala - Antinori
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Umbria (Italy)
£23.30
£23.30
Zibibbo Secco 'Orange' Abbazia San Giorgio 2023
Abbazia San Giorgio
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£31.50
£31.50
Primitivo di Manduria Riserva 'Dionysos' De Quarto 2019
De Quarto
2019 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£27.00
£27.00
Etna Rosso 'Sul Vulcano' Donnafugata 2021
93/100
James Suckling
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Donnafugata
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Sicilia (Italy)
£24.00
£24.00
93/100
James Suckling
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Donnafugata
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Sicilia (Italy)
£24.00
£24.00
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Lambrusco Spumante 'Marcello Millesimato' Ariola
4/5
Bibenda
4/4
Vitae AIS
Ariola
75 cl / 10.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£15.00
£15.00
Baccarossa Poggio le Volpi 2021
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
91/100
Veronelli
Poggio Le Volpi
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Lazio (Italy)
£22.00
£22.00
Zibibbo Secco 'Orange' Abbazia San Giorgio 2022
Abbazia San Giorgio
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£31.50
£31.50
Teroldego Foradori 2022
93/100
James Suckling
Foradori
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Trentino (Italy)
£21.10
£21.10
Roero Arneis Alberto Oggero 2022
2/3
Slowine
Oggero Alberto
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Piemonte (Italy)
£19.00
£19.00
Rosso di Torgiano 'Rubesco' Lungarotti 2020
2/3
Gambero Rosso
90/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
Lungarotti
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Umbria (Italy)
£14.00
£14.00
Frappato Cos 2023
90/100
Veronelli
Cos
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£22.50
£22.50
Vermentino di Gallura Superiore 'Sciala' Vigne Surrau 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Vigne Surrau
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Sardegna (Italy)
£23.00
£23.00
Amarone Classico Riserva 'Sergio Zenato' 2018
95/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Zenato
2018 | 75 cl / 17% | Veneto (Italy)
£94.50
£94.50
Munjebel Rosso Frank Cornelissen 2021
97/100
James Suckling
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Cornelissen Frank
2021 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£42.00
£42.00
Frappato Arianna Occhipinti 2023
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Slowine
93/100
Robert Parker
Occhipinti Arianna
2023 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£34.80
£34.80
Pactio' Tenuta Fertuna 2021
91/100
Veronelli
Tenuta Fertuna
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
£17.50
£17.50
Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Superiore 'Villa Gemma' Masciarelli 2022
4/5
Bibenda
3/3
Gambero Rosso
91/100
James Suckling
Masciarelli
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Abruzzo (Italy)
£19.00
£19.00
Cannonau 'Costera' Argiolas 2022
Argiolas
2022 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Sardegna (Italy)
£15.50
£15.50
Valpolicella Superiore 'Ruberpan' Pieropan 2021
92/100
James Suckling
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Pieropan
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Veneto (Italy)
£21.00
£21.00
Pinot Noir 'Mason' Manincor 2020
92/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Manincor
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£42.00
£42.00
Amarone Classico 'Costasera' Masi 2018
93/100
James Suckling
90/100
Veronelli
3/4
Vitae AIS
Masi
2018 | 75 cl / 15% | Veneto (Italy)
£34.90
£34.90
Cerasuolo di Vittoria Planeta 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
92/100
James Suckling
Planeta
2021 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£16.50
£16.50
Lacrima di Morro d'Alba Superiore 'Orgiolo' Marotti Campi 2022
2/3
Gambero Rosso
90/100
Veronelli
Marotti Campi
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Marche (Italy)
£13.80
£13.80
'Appassimento Rosso' Domini Veneti 2023
Domini Veneti
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Veneto (Italy)
£13.50
£13.50
Sauvignon 'Ronco delle Mele' Venica 2023
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
93/100
Veronelli
Venica
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£38.80
£38.80
Sauvignon 'Ronco delle Mele' Venica 2024
3/4
Vitae AIS
93/100
Veronelli
5/5
Bibenda
Venica
2024 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£38.80
£38.80
Trento Spumante Brut 'Perlé' Ferrari 2018
2/3
Gambero Rosso
91/100
Veronelli
Ferrari
2018 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Trentino (Italy)
£30.90
£30.90
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Pfefferer' Colterenzio 2024
Colterenzio
2024 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Alto Adige (Italy)
£14.50
£14.50
Chardonnay Jermann 2023
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
Jermann
2023 | 75 cl | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£21.00
£21.00
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Lambrusco Spumante Dry Gran Cru 'Marcello' Ariola
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ariola
75 cl / 10.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£13.50
£13.50
Barbera d'Asti 'L'Avvocata' Coppo 2024
87/100
Robert Parker
88/100
Veronelli
Coppo
2024 | 75 cl / 15% | Piemonte (Italy)
£15.50
£15.50
'W...Dreams' Jermann 2022
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
96/100
James Suckling
Jermann
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£47.50
£47.50
Chardonnay Planeta 2023
92/100
James Suckling
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Planeta
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£24.40
£24.40
Greco di Tufo 'Vigna Cicogna' Benito Ferrara 2023
4/4
Vitae AIS
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ferrara Benito
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Campania (Italy)
£22.00
£22.00
Valtellina Superiore Le Strie 2011
Le Strie
2011 | 75 cl / 14% | Lombardia (Italy)
£27.00
£27.00
Mille e una Notte Donnafugata 2020
93/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/4
Vitae AIS
Donnafugata
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£54.00
£54.00
Barolo Ceretto 2020
93/100
Robert Parker
94/100
James Suckling
4/5
Bibenda
Ceretto
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£45.00
£45.00
Frappato 'Bell'assai' Donnafugata 2023
91/100
James Suckling
91/100
Robert Parker
88/100
Veronelli
Donnafugata
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Sicilia (Italy)
£25.60
£25.60
Cannonau Riserva 'Senes' Argiolas 2020
4/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
93/100
Veronelli
Argiolas
2020 | 75 cl / 15% | Sardegna (Italy)
£23.50
£23.50

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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