Italian wines
Alternative Grape Varieties

Darby's Italian Wine Blog 2010

Darby is currently in Italy doing some serious research on the wonderful wines of the Centre (Umbria) and South (mainly Puglia and Sicily).

Sagrantino, trebbiano, malvasia, fiano, primitivo, negroamaro, greco, nero'd'avola, aglianico and many others.

I'll be putting up a few stories and notes on the road, a bit irregularly as most of my time I'll be tasting and talking about food and wine.

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