| Wines From Umbria, Italy | | | | granting them DOCG status. They have continued |
| When wine drinkers talk about wine from Italy, | | | | to craft wines made from the classic Italian |
| most of the time they are referring to Tuscany, | | | | varietals of Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Trebbiano. |
| however there is so much, much more even | | | | For wine drinkers across the world these wines |
| from their next door neighbor, Umbria. | | | | are especially interesting because they are |
| Umbria is the land of rolling hills, hill towns, St. | | | | produced from small family made wineries that |
| Francis of Assisi and it's most famous town; | | | | are making wine in the same manner that they |
| Orvieto. Long in the shadow of its neighbor, | | | | have been, in many cases for generations. |
| Tuscany Umbria has become a sort of go-to | | | | As a wine drinker what should you look for from |
| region for cost conscious drinkers looking for | | | | this region? Find a classic white wine from Orvieto |
| stellar Italian vintages. | | | | and start there. If you find that you enjoy the |
| The best wine from the region is a white wine | | | | style of the wine then it makes sense to try |
| that is produced in Orvieto. A hill town popular | | | | branching out into other wines including reds from |
| with tourists taking day trips during stays in | | | | the region. Some of these wines can be difficult |
| Florence, Orvieto makes some truly splendid | | | | to find in the United States given the small |
| white wine infused with slight peach flavors. It is | | | | production amounts of these family owned |
| crisp, clean and made from the grape Trebbiano | | | | wineries. If however, you have a local wine store |
| which can come in either dry or slightly sweet | | | | that can help you located some of these wines, |
| flavors. | | | | even if they are produced in larger amounts, it is |
| One thing that I enjoy about Italian wine is their | | | | well worth the effort. |
| willingness, especially over the past 20 years or | | | | I hope you enjoy this journey into Italian wine. So |
| so to keep to what they do well. In that vein | | | | many wine drinkers only think of Tuscany when |
| Orvieto has consistently produced oustanding | | | | they think of Italian wine, but there are so many |
| whites, while allowing it's neighboring medieval | | | | other great wine growing regions in the country. |
| town of Perugia to produce the wonderful reds | | | | It has been said that vines are the true national |
| that it is well known for inside of Italy. These | | | | plant of Italy and the result is outstanding wines |
| wines have been recognized by the Italian | | | | from almost every corner of Italy. Enjoy! |
| government as being of the utmost quality, even | | | | |