Glossary Terms

Not to be confused with the term Organic wine, although natural wine is invariably organic, it is basically an unplugged version of the wine we… Read More »Natural Wine

IGT Stands for Indicazione Geografica Tipica (Typical Geographic Indication) The IGT category is the broadest category of Italian wines. All grapes within any IGT wine… Read More »IGT

Valpolicella is the most famous red wine district in north eastern Italy’s Veneto wine region. It’s not hard to understand why, given the easy drinking appeal… Read More »Valpolicella

Recioto is made in the same way as the Amarone wine but fermentation is stopped early, leaving plenty of remaining sugars for sweetness. Recioto is… Read More »Recioto

Valpolicella Ripasso starts life as a normal Valpolicella, but makes use of the Amarone pomace (grape skins, pulp and seeds) to add extra richness and… Read More »Ripasso

Appassimento is central to the unique style of some of Veneto’s best loved wines, including Valpolicella Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto. It is the process of drying grapes in… Read More »Appassimento

Amarone if often referred to as the King of Italian wines and is a big, bold, fruity and super smooth wine that we believe is… Read More »Amarone

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin, DOCG) The DOCG wine designation was created in 1980 to differentiate the top… Read More »DOCG

Spumante is a classification of Italian Sparkling Wine, Spumante can be produced in any area of Italy with any grape variety, it also has two… Read More »Spumante