THE ITALIAN WINE (some history)The heritage dates back some 4.000 years to when peoples pressed grapes into juice that, as if by magic, fermented into wine. The ancient Greeks, expanding into Italy's southern reaches, dubbed the colonies Oenotria, the land of the wine. Etruscans were subtle and serene practitioners of the art of wine making in the hills of central Italy, as attested by the art and artefacts left in their spacious tombs. The Romans propagated the cult of Bacchus to all corners of the empire, developing a flourishing trade in wine throughout the Mediterranean and beyond.
The vintage ( XIII Century)
The adventure in tasteItaly's reputation with wine is due not only to the fact that it produces and exports more than any other country but that offers the greatest variety of types, ranging nearly every colour, flavours and style imaginable. Getting to know the unique wines of Italy is an endless adventure in taste. This comes from the variety of the lands of wines
that move northwards trough the historic hills past Rome and Florence,
and over the Apennines to the Po valley and on into the Alps, with some of
Europe's highest vineyards. For many years vinous Italy has lived under the shadow of France but even the most fervent francophile must admit that italian wine tradition are at least as ancient as those of France. There are grape variety in Italy such Aglianico and Greco of Campania and Gaglioppo of Calabria which can be traced back 2.500 years, while Chianti, Sangiovese, Barolo's Nebbiolo, Valpolicella's Corvina, Frascati's Malvasia, are centuries old.
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