The Wines of Italy |
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Wines of the Past | 21 |
Piedmont and the Val dAosta | 32 |
Copyright | |
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aged in bottle Aglianico Agriculture and Forestry Aleatico Alto Adige aperitif Barbera Bardolino Barolo better Bianco and Rosso Bonarda bottle-age bouquet Brolio Cabernet Cannonau Castelli Romani Catarratto Chianti Colli colour consorzio controllata e garantita controllata or controllata decree denomination of origin dessert wine district drunk young dry red dry white wine Etna exported Falernian flavour French frizzante German grapes Greco growers hills Ischia island Italian wines Italy Lacrima Lake Garda Lambrusco lighter Lombardy Malvasia Malvasia grapes Marsala Merlot mixture Moscato Nebbiolo neck-label showing Oltrepo Pavese Orvieto Passito Piedmont Pinot produced Protected and labelled red and white red wine region restaurants Riesling Roman Rome rosé rosé wines Rosso and Rosato Salento Sangiovese semi-dried semi-sweet Siena Soave sometimes sparkling Spumante sweetish table wine taste Trebbiano Trentino Tuscany Umbria Valpolicella Valtelline Veneto vermouth Vernaccia vines vineyards Vini Vino vintage wine grown wine-growing wines of Italy