Sangiovese

Sangiovese, the most planted red variety of Italy, the grape of Chianti, Brunello, and Vino Nobile de Montepulciano is loved and disregarded in equal measure. As a grape it can be incredibly difficult to grow, unlike say Cabernet Sauvignon it doesn’t ripen evenly. Large tight bunches of grapes mean that the grapes in the centre
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Valpolicella

Think Valpolicella and you probably fall into one of two categories, the first put Valpolicella into the same category perhaps they might put Frascati, Mateus Rose, or even Liebfraumilch – a pretty watery, insipid, overly acidic red number that frankly should be left in Italy and used as crowd control at football matches. The other
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All Prosecco is not equal

15 years ago when we wanted something fizzy and relatively inexpensive to drink we almost certainly turned to CAVA but changing tastes and some brilliant marketing have meant that Prosecco is now the fizz to be seen with. Even as recently as 10 years ago many people hadn’t heard about Prosecco – so what is
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