Soave wine ("swah-vay") is known for its melon and orange zest flavors. Discover how Vento, Italy, and Garganega grapes yields a great white wine.
Appassimento: In mid September the selection of the best Nero d’Avola grapes are picked by hand. The grapes are dried using two distinct methods depending on the area the grapes come from. Both methods have been used in Sicily for centuries. For the most gentle and naturalappassimento,t...
Soave is an intriguing white wine from northeast Italy. Made primarly from the Garganega grape, it tends to be richer, with some body and more substance than something like a Pinot Grigio. The vineyards around the city of Verona, in the Veneto region, provide the grapes. There are two ma...
This is traditional Ripasso going back to the time before they added the “dried” grapes. $19 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2017 made from 40% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 20% Rondinella and 10% Oseleta. The grapes are harvested manually and placed in crates holding 5kg of fruit. The ...
Made from 100% Garganega grapes, Ferdi utilizes the Amarone technique of drying the grapes before pressing(appassimento)to reduce water content and increase the sugar and color. What surprised me most about Ferdi is that although it displayed tremendous depth and complexity, it maintained freshness...
For us, we’ll be drinking aPassito Monte Soriomade by my husband from garganega grapes grown on volcanic soils, which are picked early and hung up to dry for several months. This passito is not sickly sweet (like the namesake wines which are typically served to tourists in Florence with...
Soave Classico wines are producd in the traditional Classico vineyard zone of the Soave DOCin the Veneto, nothern Italy. As with generic Soave, these are dry, still white wines made predominantly (at least 70 percent) from Garganega grapes.
The key red wine grapes used in these wines includeValpolicellaheaded byCorvinaandCorvinone. The Bordeaux red varieties, includingCarmenère, are also prominent. The corresponding whites follow a similar pattern, and are often based onGarganega, the variety behind the region's most famous white wine...
Chardonnay – Garganega is a specialty white blend mainly produced in the Veneto, Italy, combining the region's top white wine variety, Garganega, with the internationally renowned Chardonnay.
The two are both hardy varieties that are traditionally grown as bush vines, a technique that is said to further concentrate the fruit flavors of the grapes. The name Tempranillo, which means "little early one", apparently comes from the variety's habit of ripening earlier than other grapes....