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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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Rosso di Valtellina Ar.Pe.Pe. 2020
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Ar.Pe.Pe.
2020 | 75 cl / 13% | Lombardia (Italy)
£26.00
£26.00
Carignano del Sulcis 'Buio' Mesa 2020
88/100
Veronelli
90/100
James Suckling
Mesa
2020 | 75 cl | Sardegna (Italy)
£18.40
£18.40
Chardonnay 'Fabrizio Bianchi' Castello di Monsanto 2020
92/100
Veronelli
92/100
James Suckling
Castello di Monsanto
2020 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
£24.20
£24.20
Nerello Mascalese 'Versante Nord' Eduardo Torres Acosta 2019
Torres Acosta Eduardo
2019 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£26.70
£26.70
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva 'Marina Cvetic' Masciarelli 2018
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Masciarelli
2018 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Abruzzo (Italy)
£32.00
£32.00
Nobile di Montepulciano Poliziano 2020
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Poliziano
2020 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
£25.60
£25.60
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale 'Madrigale' Produttori di Manduria 2021
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Produttori di Manduria
2021 | 75 cl / 15% | Puglia (Italy)
£17.80
£17.80
Cerasuolo di Vittoria 'Dakry' Beniamino Fede 2020
Beniamino Fede
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£22.00
£22.00
Vermentino di Sardegna 'Giunco' Mesa 2021
4/5
Bibenda
90/100
Veronelli
92/100
James Suckling
Mesa
2021 | 75 cl | Sardegna (Italy)
£18.40
£18.40
Collio Bianco Edi Keber 2020
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Slowine
4/4
Vitae AIS
Keber Edi
2020 | 75 cl / 13% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£26.50
£26.50
Amarone 'Marne 180' Tedeschi 2018
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Tedeschi
2018 | 75 cl / 16.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£53.00
£53.00
Passito di Pantelleria 'Ben Ryé' Donnafugata 2021 - 37.5cl
4/4
Vitae AIS
3/3
Gambero Rosso
94/100
Robert Parker
Donnafugata
2021 | 37.5 cl / 14.5% | Sicilia (Italy)
£39.00
£39.00
Gavi La Raia 2020
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
La Raia
2020 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£18.10
£18.10
Chianti Fattoria di Sammontana 2020
Fattoria di Sammontana
2020 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
£14.30
£14.30
Vermentino Colli di Luni 'Costa Marina' Ottaviano Lambruschi 2021
5/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
Lambruschi Ottaviano
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Liguria (Italy)
£28.70
£28.70
Chardonnay 'Cuvée Bois' Les Cretes 2020
5/5
Bibenda
4/4
Vitae AIS
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Les Cretes
2020 | 75 cl / 14% | Valle d'Aosta (Italy)
£45.60
£45.60
Albana Secco 'A' Fattoria Monticino Rosso 2021
90/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Fattoria Monticino Rosso
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£16.50£13.20
£13.20
Cartizze Dry Bisol
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
Bisol
75 cl / 11.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£28.50
£28.50
Trento Spumante Dosaggio Zero 'Perlé Zero' Ferrari
4/5
Bibenda
94/100
Veronelli
4/4
Vitae AIS
Ferrari
75 cl / 12.5% | Trentino (Italy)
£70.00
£70.00
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Primitivo di Manduria 'Lirica' Produttori di Manduria 2022
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Produttori di Manduria
2022 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£14.90
£14.90
Collezione Cinquanta San Marzano
92/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
San Marzano
75 cl / 14.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£20.60
£20.60
Lambrusco di Sorbara 'Del Fondatore' Pet-Nat Cleto Chiarli 2022
5/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Chiarli Cleto
2022 | 75 cl / 11.5% | Emilia Romagna (Italy)
£15.00
£15.00
Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso 'Pruviniano' Domini Veneti 2019
91/100
James Suckling
Domini Veneti
2019 | 75 cl / 14% | Veneto (Italy)
£16.90
£16.90
Pinot Gris Attems 2022
3/4
Vitae AIS
Attems
2022 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£15.70
£15.70
Unlitro Ampeleia 2022 - 100cl
92/100
James Suckling
Ampeleia
2022 | 100 cl / 12% | Toscana (Italy)
£17.40
£17.40
Franciacorta Extra Brut 'Cuvée Prestige Edizione 45' Ca' del Bosco
92/100
James Suckling
91/100
Robert Parker
4/5
Bibenda
Ca' del Bosco
75 cl / 12.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
£43.10
£43.10
Primitivo di Manduria 'Il Bacca' Luccarelli-Farnese 2019
Farnese - Luccarelli
2019 | 75 cl / 15.5% | Puglia (Italy)
£39.70
£39.70
Nebbiolo 'Ochetti' Renato Ratti 2020
4/5
Bibenda
90/100
James Suckling
89/100
Robert Parker
Ratti Renato
2020 | 75 cl | Piemonte (Italy)
£24.60
£24.60
Barolo Bussia 'Colonnello' Aldo Conterno 2017
97/100
James Suckling
94/100
Robert Parker
3/4
Vitae AIS
Conterno Aldo
2017 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£140.00
£140.00
Aglianico del Vulture 'Synthesi' Paternoster 2018
2/3
Gambero Rosso
90/100
James Suckling
Paternoster
2018 | 75 cl / 13% | Basilicata (Italy)
£15.50
£15.50
Insoglio del Cinghiale Campo di Sasso - Tenuta di Biserno 2021
93/100
James Suckling
90/100
Robert Parker
Tenuta di Biserno
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
£26.50
£26.50
Barbaresco Gaja 2019
95/100
Veronelli
4/4
Vitae AIS
5/5
Bibenda
Gaja
2019 | 75 cl | Piemonte (Italy)
£200.00
£200.00
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Caparsino' Caparsa 2017
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Caparsa
2017 | 75 cl | Toscana (Italy)
£45.30
£45.30
Falanghina del Sannio 'Janare Senete' La Guardiense 2021
5/5
Bibenda
4/4
Vitae AIS
2/3
Gambero Rosso
La Guardiense
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Campania (Italy)
£16.00
£16.00
Valtellina Superiore 'Il Pettirosso' Ar.Pe.Pe. 2018
3/4
Vitae AIS
88/100
Veronelli
Ar.Pe.Pe.
2018 | 75 cl | Lombardia (Italy)
£34.10
£34.10
Valtellina Superiore Sassella 'Il Glicine' Fay 2018
2/3
Gambero Rosso
5/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Fay Sandro
2018 | 75 cl / 14% | Lombardia (Italy)
£35.50
£35.50
Spumante Metodo Classico Blanc de Blancs '60' Casa Caterina 2016
Casa Caterina
2016 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Lombardia (Italy)
£47.00
£47.00
Barbera d'Asti Superiore 'Mongovone' Elio Perrone 2020 - 100cl
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Perrone Elio
2020 | 100 cl / 15.5% | Piemonte (Italy)
£35.00
£35.00
Roma Bianco Poggio Le Volpi 2021
4/5
Bibenda
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Poggio Le Volpi
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Lazio (Italy)
£15.50
£15.50
Amarone della Valpolicella 'Ruvaln' Adalia - Camerani 2016
3/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Camerani
2016 | 75 cl / 15.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£40.80
£40.80
Etna Bianco Graci 2021
91/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
3/4
Vitae AIS
Graci
2021 | 75 cl / 12% | Sicilia (Italy)
£29.50
£29.50
Pinot Gris Borgo San Daniele 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
91/100
Veronelli
Borgo San Daniele
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
£24.40
£24.40
Kairos Zymé 2019
94/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
93/100
Robert Parker
Zymé
2019 | 75 cl | Veneto (Italy)
£72.60
£72.60
Lugana 'Le Creete' Ottella 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
89/100
Veronelli
Ottella
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Veneto (Italy)
£25.00
£25.00
Brunello di Montalcino 'Luce' Luce della Vite - Frescobaldi 2018
98/100
James Suckling
Frescobaldi
2018 | 75 cl / 15% | Toscana (Italy)
£130.00
£130.00
Gattinara Mauro Franchino 2021
Franchino Mauro
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Piemonte (Italy)
£31.00
£31.00
93/100
James Suckling
Antinori
2001 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
£46.00
£46.00
Soave Classico 'Monte Carbonare' Suavia 2020
2/3
Slowine
4/4
Vitae AIS
4/5
Bibenda
Suavia
2020 | 75 cl / 12.5% | Veneto (Italy)
£25.00
£25.00

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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