Italian White Wines
Italy offers a very wide range of white grape varieties, many only grown within the country.
Arguably the nation’s best whites come, unsurprisingly, from the cooler north, from Piedmont in the west to Alto Adige in the north-east. Some of these are international varieties like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, but there’s Cortese, the grape of Gavi, the Italians have claimed Pinot Gris (Pinot Grigio) as their own, and there are also widespread plantings in the north-east of Pinot Blanc (Bianco), plus Gewurztraminer.
The workhorse grape of central Italy is Trebbiano. It’s now clear (from Jancis Robinson’s monumental Wine Grapes tome) that there are various distinct grapes sold as Trebbiano. The most widely planted in Tuscany and Umbria is known as Trebbiano Toscano: it’s the same as Ugni Blanc and as such crisp but neutral. Wines labelled as Vernaccia are likewise made from several different varieties - but superior is Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
Here at SVS we prefer to focus on specific grapes grown in pockets within Italy, for example: the excellent white grapes - Falanghina, Greco di Tufo and Fiano - of the Campania east of Naples; or Grechetto in Umbria; Pecorino in the Marche; and Grillo in Sicily.
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An extremely popular wine from the north west of Italy. Open and simple citrus scent. Lightly...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodePRI120
GrapePinot Gris
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Arneis is an ancient white grape in Piedmont, but a speciality of the Roero, which is just to...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTAN619
GrapeArneis
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Falanghina Beneventano is named after the town, Benevento, in eastern Campania, inland from...
OriginItaly
RegionCampania
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeBEM119
GrapeFalanghina
Offida Pecorino is a DOCG for wines from Pecorino, an ancient grape of the southern Marche, in...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO619
GrapePecorino
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From a historic estate with 18 hectares of vines in the hills above the town of Gavi. From the...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeSER120
GrapeCortese
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Named after the vineyard which was planted in 1985, this is organically farmed (in conversion)...
OriginItaly
RegionEmilia Romagna
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTEN319
GrapeTrebbiano
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Albana, a local grape, picked late and given given considerable skin contact, giving an...
OriginItaly
RegionEmilia Romagna
ColourWhite
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTEN419
GrapeAlbana
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As it's made from a selection of Davide's best grapes across all his vineyard sites,...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV14%
Bottle75
CodeMAI418
GrapeGarganega
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This Recioto di Soave is made from bunches of a selection of the first picked - for the best...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV15%
Half Bottle37.5cl
CodeMAI618
GrapeGarganega
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The top white at Fiorano, from Pecorino fermented using indigenous yeasts in French barrels and...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO818
GrapePecorino
