Negroamaro red wine variety in Australia

Negroamaro's native habitat is Puglia, that's the stilletto heel of Italy's boot. There it makes deeply colored red wines and as I found in a recernt trip to the region, it also makes a nice sparkling rose wine.

Many commentators think that the name comes from the Italian words for black "black" and "bitter". The wines are certainly deeply coloured even black, but they are not really bitter. An alternative idea is that the amaro part of the word comes from a Greek word for black as well. So the translation is "black black". My friend and Puglian wine specialist Silvestro Silvestori of Awaiting Table cooking school subscribes to the latter idea which he thinks better describes the wines.

The climate in Puglia is quite hot in viticultural terms. Therefore some Australian winemakers feel it could be suitable for many Australian regions.

As you can see from the list below it is early days yet, we need quite a few years before we start to see if this red wine variety can make a significant contribution to the Australian wine scene.

Australian Wineries with Negroamaro

Do you know about any other Australian wineries interested in Negramaro? Please add a comment in the box below