Tag: Italian wine

Uncorking the Flavors of Italy with Bella Venezia

For a country that produces over 45 million hectolitres of wine each year, we don’t really see a lot of Italian wine in Australia. Perhaps that’s because we’re a parochial bunch – as over 80% of wine consumed by Australians is Aussie made. Italy is still the world’s biggest wine-producing nation with daylight – to…
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Brunello on a Budget: An Affordable Alternative for Italian Red Wine Lovers

It was during a 2006 visit it Italy that I first fell in love with Brunello. It was a wine that was as fleshy, and it was seductive; and as medium to full bodied as it was balanced. At the time I couldn’t believe that it was made entirely from the Sangiovese grape – a…
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Longview Vineyards with Travis Schultz

Award-winning Longview Vineyard

Italian varietals are on the ascendency in Australian vineyards, and for good reason. Our climate is largely well-suited and our forward thinking and progressive winemakers are proving that they can make Italian native styles as successfully as their counterparts in the country that is famously shaped like a boot. In recent years, Italian varietals have…
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