ITALIAN WHITE WINES

My favorite is La Scolca Black Label Gavi de Gavi.

Joe

 

Interesting. As far as Italian whites, we tend to gravitate toward the cheaper Pinot Grigios, and only in the summer when it's too hot for heavy reds...T

 

Good stuff.

I keep a 1.5 liter bottle of Cavit pinot grigio on hand at all times.

Matt

 

Jermann is also a very good producer of Pinot Grigio...and sometimes you can find a Ramato....
for a more everyday PG there is a producer called Pierpaolo, estate bottled, a solid version.

 

Lots of great choices, if you like different flavors. Arneis, Tocai, top quality Soave, Fiano di Avellino. Cavit? Seriously??

 

Love Italian whites. Very little oak, not sweet. Great with food (especially seafood of course) or for sipping in the sun. Far and away my favorite country for whites. Some of the Regions/types of wines listed here, but finding an actual bottle from a producer who's style I like is a crap shoot because I don't ever buy more than a bottle or two (or more often just order it in a restaurant). So I don't have any producers that I like or dislike, but the Orvieto's are great and I like Vermentino a lot too and anything with Trebbiano and Verdicchio. (hard to keep region clearly distinct from grape, still learning!).

• Asti: Sparkling wine made from Moscato grapes around Asti, in Piedmont. Deliciously sweet, low in alcohol, with pronounced fruity and floral flavors. Usually non-vintage, but freshness and youth are essential to its quality.
  
  
• Frascati: From the Frascati area, south of Rome, and mainly Trebbiano grapes. Dry or slightly off-dry, light-bodied, and un-oaked with crisp acidity and subdued flavor.
  
  
• Gavi: Dry, medium-bodied wine from Cortese grapes in the Gavi area of Piedmont. Typically crisp and un-oaked (sometimes slightly oaky) with delicate notes of honey, apples, and minerals.
  
  
• Orvieto: A generally medium-bodied wine made mainly from Grechetto grapes around Orvieto, in the Umbria region. Dry, crisp, with flavors of pear and apple and a pleasantly bitter finish.
  
  
• Pinot Grigio: Generally light-bodied, dry, and crisp, with subdued aromas and flavors and no oakiness. Made from Pinot Gris grapes, usually in Northeastern Italy. Wines from Collio or Alto-Adige DOCs (controlled origin denomination) are usually the best.
  
  
• Soave: From the Soave zone in the Veneto region, made mainly from Garganega grapes. Generally dry, crisp, un-oaked, and light- or medium-bodied, with subdued flavors of pear, apple, or peach.
  
  
• Verdicchio: Dry, medium-bodied, crisp white with minerally flavor and a sea-air freshness. From Verdicchio grapes in the Marche region.

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