Posts Tagged ‘Sparkling Wines From Almost Unknown Native Grapes’
Sons of a Lesser God: Sparkling Wines from Almost Unknown Native Grapes – Falanghina
Let’s move to the beautiful region of Campania to discover the special sparkling wines from the Falanghina grape! Falanghina wines are pretty nice and have a good aging potential: the name of the grape probably derives from Latin Phalanx, because the vines were supported by poles called “’phalanges’. Falanghina was re-evaluated after the phylloxera pest…
Read MoreSons of a Lesser God – Sparkling Wines from Almost Unknown Native Grapes: Pigato
Are you a fan of pretty unknown sparkling wines? This is for you! In the west part of Liguria, an Italian region close to France, pigato grape is very popular for making sparkling wines. Pigato is a white variety with a lot of features that remind you of vermentino; genetic studies include in the same…
Read MoreSons Of A Lesser God – Sparkling Wines From Almost Unknown Native Grapes: Bianchetta Genovese
There are a lot of native grapes with good characteristics for the production of fine sparkling wines! Let’s travel to Italy, to the beautiful region of Liguria, which lies between Tuscany and France, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a hilly region and the viticulture is called “heroic” because all the work in the vineyards…
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