but was rumored to have bribed the lifeboat’s crew not to save as many people so she could make it to safety. When she reached dry land, a trial ensued, with many of her Lucile-wearing stans in the audience.
Italy, the land of red wine!with wild boar ragù,
with white truffles,with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo — wait. Stop. Throw that Fiat into reverse. A lot of the great wines of Italy are white. And, even better, they’re ideal for summer drinking.It might come as a surprise, but Italy produces more white (60%) than red wine, led by the regions of Veneto, Puglia, Emilia-Romagna, and Sicily. The most common varieties are Trebbiano, which largely, but by no means exclusively, goes into inexpensive bottles for the local market; Pinot Grigio, the most exported white variety; and, semisurprisingly,
. (I’m leaving aside Glera, the grape of; that’s a different story.)
But for me, the true joy lies in Italy’s less well-known, native varieties. Coastal Vermentinos from Liguria and Sardinia with their citrus-zest snap; Etna whites, which suggest their volcanic origins in a kind of stony intensity; bright, faintly almondy Verdicchios from Marche — all of these wake you up with zippy acidity and little to no oak influence, and they tend to be appealingly affordable as well.
Fill a cooler with ice and bottles, invite over some friends, and save those brooding Amarones until December, when the wintry winds start whipping by once again. Here are 21 refreshing Italian white wines to seek out right now.While marijuana use surged in both men and women, it was more prevalent among women.
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