Italy | Italian Natural Wine
Natural wine seems like a recent development in Italy as it emerges in popularity, but the general consensus among Italy’s natural wine producers is that it is not something new - instead, it is the return to traditional winemaking, the way wine was made before it was heavily industrialised.
Popular natural wine producers include Cantina Giardino, Frano Terpin, Radikon, Frank Cornelissen, Occhipinti, Le Coste and many more.
Trebbiolo Rosso 2021
La Stoppa
Classic Italian house red
Monticelli Bianco
il Roccolo di Monticelli
8 months in steel
Brut Nature Marasco N/V
L'Archetipo
Marasco from Puglia
Rosso Tuttifrutti 2019
Colombaia
Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Malvasia Nera
Vigna del Volta 0,5L (sweet)
La Stoppa
A serious sweet wine...
Scirocco
La Via Del Colle
Amphora Orange from Emilia Romagna
Derthona 2021
Ricci
Orange Timorasso, aged 12 months in wood
Bizona
Tenuta Macchiarola
Dark fruit, blueberry and lime
I Vigneri Rosso 2021
I Vigneri di Salvo Foti
Smokey, clove, black fruit, tobacco
Langhe Nebbiolo 2022
Ferdinando Principiano
Classic 'Nebbi'
Mercoledì Paestum Fiano 2019
Vigneti Tardis
Fiano from Campania
Diverse terroir, grape varieties & wine styles
In northwestern Piedmont (bordering France and Switzerland), Barbera is the most planted grape variety, though cultivation of the Nebbiolo grape produces two of the most well-known Italian wines, Barolo and Barbaresco. In the northeast, the Friuli region is known for some of the finest orange wines in the world - among them Radikon.
Sicily, Italy’s most southern region, is known for aromatic and juicy grape varieties such as Nerrello Mascalese, Nero d’Avola, Grillo, and Zibbibo. Due to ample hills and mountains on the island (including Mount Etna), Sicilian wine has a freshness and elegance that sets it apart from other southern warm-climate wines. Until recently, Sicilian wine was a write-off seen only for bulk wine exports used for blending in France and Spain - now their terroir and focus on quality is really paying off and wines can command a much higher price than 30 years ago.
• Porta del Vento - Sicily
• Cantina Giardino - Campania
• Denavolo - Emilia-Romagna
• La Stoppa - Emilia-Romagna
• Occhipinti - Sicily
• Costadila - Veneto
• Valli Unite - Piedmont
• Carussin - Piedmont
• Frank Cornelissen - Sicily
• Emidio Pepe - Abruzzo
• Le Coste - Lazio
• Radikon - Friuli
• Alessandro Viola - Sicily