Vermentino Wine: The Underrated Gem
Given the sheer volume of wine that the Italian wine industry produces, it should perhaps come as no surprise that there are a few that have a habit of slipping...
Grapes
Grapes cultivated fro wine making or as table fruit.
Everything That You Need to Know About the Aglianico del Vulture Wine
While the name may make it sound as though the Aglianico del Vulture wine is attempting to draw from a pretty strange animalistic source, nothing could be furth...
Some Interesting Facts About Merlot Wine
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Vitis Vinifera – Italy Ranks First in the Use of this Special Grape
If you’re an Italian wine lover, you already know that the grape plays a hugely important role in the quality of the wine. It’s not just the variety of the grap...
The Ribolla Gialla Grape
Many people operate under the mistaken belief that all of the grapes used as part of the Italian wine industry originate, or are grown solely, in Italy.
That’s...
The Mauzac Grape
We tend to focus primarily on grapes that are used heavily in the Italian wine industry when writing these articles. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, seeing a...
The Glera Grape
Anybody who’s been keeping track of the Italian wine industry in recent years will have noticed the continued rise of Prosecco. Once seen as the cheaper and les...
The Corvina Italian Wine Grape
It’s not often that we profile a grape variety in the pages of the Xtrawine blog. Usually, we tend to focus on the Italian wines that come from the grape, rathe...
The History of the Pinot Nero Grape
You may think that you haven’t heard much about the Pinot Nero grape. But you’d be wrong. In fact, Pinot Nero is one of the most popular grapes in the world and...
The Five Best Italian White Wine Grapes
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