Italy

**Italy** is one of the world's largest and most diverse wine producers, with grapevines grown in every one of its regions from the Alps to Sicily. Its great strength is an astonishing library of native grape varieties, giving it a range of flavours and styles matched by few other countries. **Signature wines** — Sangiovese-based reds like Chianti and Brunello, the powerful Nebbiolo of Barolo and Barbaresco, juicy Montepulciano and rich Primitivo in the south, plus sparkling Prosecco (Glera) and countless distinctive whites. **Key regions** — Tuscany, Piedmont, the Veneto, and further afield Sicily, Puglia, Campania, Friuli, and Trentino-Alto Adige. **Good to know** — Italy's quality tiers run from IGT up through DOC to the top DOCG designation, though some of its most celebrated wines, the so-called Super Tuscans, deliberately sat outside the traditional rules when they first appeared. With hundreds of indigenous varieties still in commercial use, Italy offers more genuine diversity than almost anywhere else.

Wines

• & Vin des Potes La Botte Secrète Toscana IGT — Stefano Amerighi
• '61 Franciacorta — Berlucchi
• '61 Nature Franciacorta — Guido Berlucchi
• '80 Vecchie Vigne' Old Vines — Cignomoro
• 'Ngilù — Càduferrà
• 'a Rina — Girolamo Russo
• 100% Refreshed Italian Grapes — Gavioli
• 12 e Mezzo Negroamaro del Salento — Varvaglione
• 150 Lison Classico — Borgo Stajnbech
• 18 Primitivo — Riolite
• 1877 Chianti — Ruffino
• 18K Prosecco Brut — Sensi
• 1951 Limited Edition Primitivo di Manduria — Vincenzo Andronaco
• 1951 Limited Edition Riserva — Vincenzo Andronaco
• 203 Piante a Lapio — Joaquin
• 22 Extra Brut — Massimo Rattalino
• 3 Cru Amarone della Valpolicella Classico — Guerrieri Rizzardi
• 50&50 — Avignonesi / Capannelle
• 600 Pas Dosé — Kurtatsch
• 753 A.C. – Roma DOC Bianco — Capizucchi