Italy is the world's largest producer of wine, and Italian wine is produced in every region of Italy. Italy produces a huge amount of table wine, Vermouth, and cooking wines (such as Marsala). The most popular wine produced in Italy is Barolo, but other favorites include brunello, amarone, and gattinara.
Verona
Verona is a city in northern Italy, with a medieval old town built between the meandering Adige River. It’s famous for being the setting of Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet." A 14th-century residence with a tiny balcony overlooking a courtyard is said be “Juliet’s House."
The most popular wine in Verona is undoubtedly Amarone, the queen of Valpolicella. This wine is considered one of the finest red wines in the world.
Verona is located in Veneto, the Italian region that produces the largest quantity of quality wines.
Verona is more than 2,000 years old. There are still monuments dating from this ancient time in Verona, such as the Arena, a massive colosseum.
Verona’s DOC wines to add to your wine tasting list are: Amarone della Valpolicella, Arcole, Bardolino, Custoza, Delle Venezie, Garda, Lessini Durello, Lugana, Merlara, Recioto della Valpolicella, Soave, Valdadige, Valdadige Terradeiforti, Valpolicella and Valpolicella Ripasso.
Palermo
Palermo is the capital of the Italian island of Sicily. Palermo is among the cities boasting the largest number of UNESCO sites. In and around Palermo you will find charming villages in the province recognized as the most attractive in the country.
Palermo allows you to taste both the sweeter Marsala wines while at the same time being able to try the great wines made from Malvasia.
Of all the malvasias, the best-noted ones are Pantelleria and Lipari.
Sicily has more vineyards than any other Italian region and about 70% of the grapes are white.
Several different grape varieties in Palermo: international varieties such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvigon, Merlot, and Syrah, and typical and unique grape varieties like Cataratto, Frappato, Grillo, Inzolia, Nerello Mascalese, Albanello, Alicante, Corinto, Malvasia di Lipari, Minella bianca, Moscato bianco, Nero d’Avola etc …
Montalcino
Montalcino is a hill town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Montalcino is known around the world for the production of two very famous wines: Rosso di Montalcino (Montalcino red) and Brunello di Montalcino, both made in the area.
One of Italy's (and the world's) greatest wines, Brunello di Montalcino is small wine region in southern central Tuscany, producing particularly impressive wines from the Brunello grape – a local strain of Sangiovese.
The wine is typically garnet in color with aromas of red and black fruit with underlying vanilla and spice, and perhaps a hint of earthiness.
The wines are usually full bodied with alcohol levels around 14 or 15 percent abv. Good tannic structure and bright acidity provides balance.
Barolo
Barolo is a commune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. Barolo is known for having one of the world's greatest red wines.
Barolo, also known as “the king of wines”, is one of Italy's most noble wines. It is made from 100% Nebbiolo, in the hills of Langhe, near the town of Alba. Barolo is praised for its complex and powerful flavour of dried flowers (rose and violet), dried red fruit (strawberry and raspberry), liquorice, tar and earth.
Of all the world's Nebbiolo, Barolo produces the highest volume, most concentrated and most structured wines.
Tasting Notes: Rose petal, cherry and raspberry sauce, cinnamon, white pepper, and, with age, licorice, leather, and chocolate.
Florence
Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. Florentine wines are very famous all around the world, thanks to the wine production areas that surround Florence, like the most famous: Chianti.
All the varieties of Tuscan reds can be found throughout Florence, but the most popular are Chianti and Chianti Classico. Other varieties favored in the city are the Brunello di Montalcino, the Carmignano, the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and the Vino Nobile of Montepulciano.
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