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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Le Tende have just 14 hectares of vines, all organically tended (certified) near Colà di...
OriginItaly
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeLET121
GrapeGarganega, Cortese & Trebbiano
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Widely planted in Sicily, Grillo retains freshness and lowish alcohol in the Mediterranean...
OriginItaly
RegionSicily
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodePON121
GrapeGrillo
Arneis is an ancient white grape in Piedmont, a speciality of the Roero. Stimulating herbal...
OriginItaly
RegionPiedmont
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTAN620
GrapeArneis
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Named after the town, Benevento, in eastern Campania. Here the Falanghina grape shows hints of...
OriginItaly
RegionCampania
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeBEM120
GrapeFalanghina
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Offida Pecorino is a DOCG for wines from Pecorino, an ancient grape of the southern Marche, in...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO620
GrapePecorino
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Believe it or not, we are selling this wine for the same price now as we were in 2019,...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAI321
GrapeGarganega
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From 90% Garganega (with 10% Trebbiano di Soave) on calcareous soils, this is lovely this...
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RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAI121
GrapeGarganega
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The reputation of Trebbiano as a grape suffered terribly from too many boring, neutral whites...
OriginItaly
RegionEmilia Romagna
ColourWhite
ABV12%
Bottle75cl
CodeTEN120
GrapeTrebbiano
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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
CodeTEN320
GrapeTrebbiano
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Albana, a local grape, picked late and with considerable skin contact, giving an enticing...
OriginItaly
RegionEmilia Romagna
ColourWhite
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeTEN420
GrapeAlbana
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Because Nettroir is made from a selection of Davide’s best grapes across all his sites,...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV14.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMAI420
GrapeGarganega
As it's made from a selection of Davide's best grapes across all his vineyard sites,...
OriginItaly
RegionVeneto
ColourWhite
ABV14%
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CodeMAI419
GrapeGarganega
